Overview

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, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent, Isabel Jeans, Virginia Grey, Grant Mitchell, Henry Mollison

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What is "Youth Takes a Fling" about?

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.

When was "Youth Takes a Fling" released?

Youth Takes a Fling was released in 1938.

Who stars in "Youth Takes a Fling"?

The cast includes Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent.