Like its predecessor Boys Town, this one carries socko entertainment for wide general appeal, including plenty of tear-jerking and sentimental episodes to blur the eyes of the most calloused.

Father Flanagan's colony for homeless boys near Omaha, Neb., was served very well by Metro in its memorable Boys Town, but that service is in no way duplicated by the sequel.

Pretty soggy stuff.

The movie, of a huge human interest, sometimes borders the melodrama and presents barbarian brutality situations that reach the most intimate of feelings. [Full review in Spanish]