Fighting Father Dunne (1948)

Approved 12 May 1948 • Action, Biography, Crime • 1h 33m

St. Louis, 1905: Parish priest Father Dunne becomes aware of the plight of the city's newsboys, living on pennies and often homeless, and resolves to help them. Through inspired finagling and the gift of the blarney, he organizes a sort of "co-op" orphanage for increasing numbers of boys. Then he's faced with the tougher problem of stopping the escalating violence in inter-paper rivalry for "good corners"...

Ted Tetzlaff
Director

William Rankin, Martin Rackin, Frank Davis
Writer

Pat O'Brien, Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper
Starring

Language: English
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Country: United States
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6.6

IMDb (229 votes)