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Who played Father Edward J. Flanagan in Boys Town?
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Norman Taurog
Norman Taurog (right) with Mickey Rooney on the set of Boys Town (1938).
In the 1938 film Boys Town, directed by Norman Taurog, the role of Father Edward J. Flanagan was played by Spencer Tracy.1