Hoosier Schoolboy

A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.

Cast

Mickey Rooney

as Shockey Carter

Anne Nagel

as Mary Evans

Frank Shields

as John 'Jack' Matthews Jr.

Edward Pawley

as Captain Fred Carter

William Gould

as John Matthews Sr.

Dorothy Vaughan

as Miss Hodges the School Mistress

Anita Deniston

as Elvira

Harry Hayden

as Mr. Townsend

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