Youth Takes a Fling
1
77 minutes
9/22/1938
Overview
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.
Cast List
Joel McCrea
as Joe Meadows
Andrea Leeds
as Helen Brown
Frank Jenks
as Frank Munson
Dorothea Kent
as Jean
Isabel Jeans
as Mrs. Merrivale
Virginia Grey
as Madge
Grant Mitchell
as Duke
Henry Mollison
as Dunham
Brandon Tynan
as Tad
Oscar O'Shea
as Captain Walters
Granville Bates
as Mr. Judd
Roger Davis
as Floorwalker
Marion Martin
as Girl on Beach
Olaf Hytten
as Dunham's Butler
Willie Best
as George
Catherine Proctor
as Mrs. Aspitt
Yvonne Boisseau
as Miss Beaton
Arthur Housman
as First Communist
John Sheehan
as Second Communist
Chester Clute
as Salesman
Wade Boteler
as Tugboat Captain
Tom Dugan
as Bum
Eddie Acuff
as Bum
Pat West
as Watchman
Edwin August
as Railroad Conductor
Joyce Bryant
as Switchboard Operator
Nick Copeland
as Minor Role
Neal Dodd
as Minister
Edward Earle
as Businessman
Mary Field
as Maid
Jennifer Gray
as Switchboard Operator
Evie Wynn Johnson
as Switchboard Operator
Marjorie Kane
as Switchboard Operator
Helen Lynd
as Girl
Kathryn Marlowe
as Switchboard Operator
George Offerman, Jr.
as Slim
Marion Pierce
as Switchboard Operator
Edward Ryan
as Boy
Charles Sullivan
as Sailor
Frank Sully
as Jim
Emmett Vogan
as Businessman
Beryl Wallace
as Switchboard Operator
Solly Ward
as Minor Role
Anne Wigton
as Switchboard Operator