

Little Tough Guy
1938-07-22 · 86 min · ★ 5.7
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man--who turns out to be the son of the District Attorney who sent the boy's father to the electric chair.
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- Directors
- Harold Young
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Robert WilcoxPaul Wilson
Helen ParrishKay Boylan
Marjorie MainMrs. Boylan
Jackie SearlCyril Gerrard
Peggy StewartRita Belle
Helen MacKellarMrs. Wanamaker
Edward PawleyJim Boylan
Olin HowlandBaxter
Billy HalopJohnny Boylan
Huntz Hall'Pig'
Gabriel DellString
Bernard PunslyApe
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