Shoe Shine Boy

Shoe Shine Boy

Shoe Shine Boy

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Shoe Shine Boy

1943

0h 15m

7.3(3 votes)

Drama

Music

Overview

A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

5 members

Acting

Mel Bryant

Shoeshine Boy

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Acting

Sam Levene

Lucky

Sam Levene

Acting

Walter Catlett

Garry Goff

Walter Catlett

Acting

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Acting

Walter Soderling

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

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