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Youth Takes a Fling
1 hour 17 minutes1938-09-22
1.0
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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
![Joel McCrea](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k2DhZdrEKtauhnauAuivYO84Vee.jpg)
Joel McCrea
Joe Meadows
![Andrea Leeds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//miqefPe6Kj8Gr5iQxgE9wRykyf8.jpg)
Andrea Leeds
Helen Brown
![Frank Jenks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8ieh8cQUfXmK6W7vhn84wOPC5AC.jpg)
Frank Jenks
Frank Munson
![Dorothea Kent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y5utXdRZ8MAjrDDgVJS5nyJp6uq.jpg)
Dorothea Kent
Jean
![Isabel Jeans](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jScHcGlvBJ9vkckbHhJl52nDIh0.jpg)
Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Merrivale
![Virginia Grey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ftyCI3XPJoGS75m3DFXOgOpw58z.jpg)
Virginia Grey
Madge
![Grant Mitchell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1jSSSQNl8sSYGWOPx0yJIBKpUrQ.jpg)
Grant Mitchell
Duke
![Henry Mollison](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hvWyX1Xij608Gyt0Oj4yaoQXiZw.jpg)
Henry Mollison
Dunham
![Brandon Tynan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6oA6A5EQ5u6Oy2G9QaRCMU6Ayy0.jpg)
Brandon Tynan
Tad
![Oscar O'Shea](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//shWnx3maJa24MT3EmNnXhOSAKXs.jpg)
Oscar O'Shea
Captain Walters
![Granville Bates](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6ectcRZFKmlDStkXDhc9nBTXTQN.jpg)
Granville Bates
Mr. Judd
![Roger Davis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Roger Davis
Floorwalker
![Marion Martin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3WTkubutgHhO3lJXlW5rqYZGr01.jpg)
Marion Martin
Girl on Beach
![Olaf Hytten](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//A47xM0KsIYVS0wMHNKdME8DyOwr.jpg)
Olaf Hytten
Dunham's Butler
![Willie Best](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//akmMrTWzo9GLLy0jxR7Kv7iNjWu.jpg)
Willie Best
George
![Catherine Proctor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eWz07EsdZWKCa5euPWFPVu8gU43.jpg)
Catherine Proctor
Mrs. Aspitt
![Yvonne Boisseau](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yvonne Boisseau
Miss Beaton
![Arthur Housman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2fPg5nQenEcivr5yAHDafZP76h9.jpg)
Arthur Housman
First Communist
![John Sheehan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kyztLs4mUpmWeuVQUWm82mEp0ls.jpg)
John Sheehan
Second Communist
![Chester Clute](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e7gTZGvxMoZ4P3947oW8mAmLamK.jpg)
Chester Clute
Salesman
![Wade Boteler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mPvA7aaDLlMl1qksm1z8KRsDZyV.jpg)
Wade Boteler
Tugboat Captain
![Tom Dugan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1rxaHndaUBGKLtZSliGovHN2nsK.jpg)
Tom Dugan
Bum
![Eddie Acuff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x1Y1UKWO4H2wsm1MkAOXjyDosXf.jpg)
Eddie Acuff
Bum
![Pat West](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Pat West
Watchman
![Edwin August](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cpnHZ8of3zIXpsGG6jsLl7dCZ8s.jpg)
Edwin August
Railroad Conductor
![Joyce Bryant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s4uvol3h6cOUmJN8L3x6P81SYDT.jpg)
Joyce Bryant
Switchboard Operator
![Nick Copeland](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nick Copeland
Minor Role
![Neal Dodd](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Neal Dodd
Minister
![Edward Earle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//60swQLYVcXeBC2FheytJ8ebReSz.jpg)
Edward Earle
Businessman
![Mary Field](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xJ7JMadmZ6dIuJ7evyvE1CXr7Nz.jpg)
Mary Field
Maid
![Jennifer Gray](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jennifer Gray
Switchboard Operator
![Evie Wynn Johnson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Evie Wynn Johnson
Switchboard Operator
![Marjorie Kane](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aGXCcxybE3188xhKZClFyzhFUNC.jpg)
Marjorie Kane
Switchboard Operator
![Helen Lynd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//R4HBH8asdTXFAgLqahVfSru5a4.jpg)
Helen Lynd
Girl
![Kathryn Marlowe](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kathryn Marlowe
Switchboard Operator
![George Offerman, Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x8t9IK5BAIzUkZIyoQBfxjNVLwr.jpg)
George Offerman, Jr.
Slim
![Marion Pierce](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Marion Pierce
Switchboard Operator
![Edward Ryan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aegY9sw6rS1iMv25Ukc9W2xnME6.jpg)
Edward Ryan
Boy
![Charles Sullivan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jD3ajxyJEtjDoQFGXs3Pq9nV37K.jpg)
Charles Sullivan
Sailor
![Frank Sully](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//m3t0i0di4jDYReiBeYa11OCf05r.jpg)
Frank Sully
Jim
![Emmett Vogan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gKDRfOG9zZ5lOrNceUSIDI4ZbUh.jpg)
Emmett Vogan
Businessman
![Beryl Wallace](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//34T7qYxIADE0XuPT65TpPMzTato.jpg)
Beryl Wallace
Switchboard Operator
![Solly Ward](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uxsju5qBIEeSkDuSCkgJvFPJIZQ.jpg)
Solly Ward
Minor Role
![Anne Wigton](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)