Youth Takes a Fling

Youth Takes a Fling

77 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 22, 1938

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.

Youth Takes a Fling

77 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 22, 1938

Youth Takes a Fling
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.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Youth Takes a Fling
Directors Archie Mayo
Writers Eliot Gibbons, Myles Connolly

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

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

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