TCM GREATEST CLASSIC FILMS: LEGENDS - SPENCER TRACY (4FE)

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• Genre: Action
• Plot: CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (1937); In this adaption of Rudyard Kipling's classic, wealthy 10-year-old Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew) is picked up by a fishing schooner at sea, where he's transformed from a spoiled whiner into an honorable young man by humble fisherman Manuel (1937 Best Actor Oscar winner Tracy).; ; BOYS TOWN (1938); 'There is no bad boy,' insists Father Edward Flanagan (Tracy), who puts his life where his faith is and starts a boys' home that becomes a model of hope. Brash troublemaker Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney) puts that credo to the test in this compelling Oscar winner.; ; DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941); One man is a paragon of virtue, the other a murderous creature of the London night. They are the same person. This version of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale includes a dreamscape in which horses whipped by Hyde (Tracy) transform into the women in his life (Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner).; ; BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1954); Tracy plays WWII veteran John J. Macreedy, a mysterious, one-armed stranger who has come to Black Rock, where he's confronted with threats and violence. Director John Sturges builds tension as Macreedy's mission and the town's grim secret are revealed.
• Runtime: 8:24
• Media Format: Movie