Youth Takes a Fling
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| Directed by | Archie Mayo |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by | Myles Connolly (writer) |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Edited by | Philip Cahn |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Youth Takes a Fling is a 1938 American comedy film starring Joel McCrea.
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.
One of Leeds relatively few films, both she and McCrea were loaned to Universal from Samuel Goldwyn.
Cast
- 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
