Bad Little Angel (1939)

Name: Bad Little Angel
Genre: Drama
Released: 1939-10-27
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 4.9
Cast: Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee, Ian Hunter, Elizabeth Patterson

IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN"

Drama

A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

Release Date: October 27, 1939
Runtime: 1h 12m
Rating: 4.9/10 (4 votes)

Director: Wilhelm Thiele

Cast: Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee, Ian Hunter, Elizabeth Patterson, Reginald Owen, Henry Hull, Lois Wilson

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Full Cast (27 people)

Virginia Weidler as Patricia Victoria Sanderson
Gene Reynolds as Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
Guy Kibbee as Luther Marvin
Ian Hunter as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Perkins
Reginald Owen as Edwards, Marvin's Valet
Henry Hull as Red Wilks
Lois Wilson as Mrs. Ellen Creighton
Arthur Aylesworth as John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
Wade Boteler as Policeman (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs as Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Esther Dale as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Daley as Mr. Miller, Exiting from Train (uncredited)
John Dilson as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Byron Foulger as New Sentinel editor (uncredited)
Harry Hayden as Mr. Simms, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Edward Hearn as Fireman (uncredited)
Russell Hicks as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn as Bobby Creighton, Age 5 (uncredited)
George Irving as Dr. Bell (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis as Fireman Telling Wilks Tommy Went Into Fire
Douglas Madore as eorgie Creighton, Age 8 (uncredited)
Edward McWade as Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)
Milton Parsons as Minister at Station (uncredited)
Lee Phelps as Fireman (uncredited)
Terry as Dog, Rex (uncredited)
Ann E. Todd as Libbit Creighton, Age 9 (uncredited)

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Bad Little Angel

IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN"

Drama

Bad Little Angel

IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN"

Drama

4.9

72 min

1939

A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN"

4.9

72 min

1939

A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

Production Info

StatusReleased

Original LanguageEnglish

Release Date10/27/1939

Director & Writers

Directed by

Written by

Produced by

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Keywords

Spoken Languages

English

Production Countries

United States

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Cast

Virginia Weidler

as Patricia Victoria Sanderson

Gene Reynolds

as Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks

Guy Kibbee

as Luther Marvin

Ian Hunter

as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)

Elizabeth Patterson

as Mrs. Perkins

Reginald Owen

as Edwards, Marvin's Valet

Henry Hull

as Red Wilks

Lois Wilson

as Mrs. Ellen Creighton

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