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Youth Takes a Fling
“A PICTURE FOR THE YOUNG...OF ALL AGES!”
5.5 / 10• 1938• 1h 17m•NR• English
RomanceComedy
Storyline
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 & Crew
Joel McCrea
Joe Meadows
Lead
Andrea Leeds
Helen Brown
Frank Jenks
Frank Munson
Dorothea Kent
Jean
Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Merrivale
Virginia Grey
Madge
Grant Mitchell
Duke
Henry Mollison
Dunham
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Archie Mayo's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Youth Takes a Fling is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
