30 March 1940 72 mins
A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.
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Jean Parker as Stevie Moore
James Dunn as Chief Gunners Mate Mike Malone
Martin Spellman as Tommy
Selmer Jackson as Capt. Parker
William Royle as Chief Petty Officer Pat Moote
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Baker - Landlady
Craig Reynolds as Brad Wheeler
Dave O'Brien as Nelson
Gene Morgan as Burns
Charles King as Duke Johnson -Detective
Lynton Brent as Ticket Clerk
Morgan Brown as Counterman at Diner
Hal Craig as First Truck Driver
Mike Donovan as Policeman at Station House
Lester Dorr as Patrolman at Altercation
Frank Hagney as Vegetable Truck Driver
William Nigh Director
United States 30 March 1940
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