Movie: Youth on Trial

Top 5 Billed Cast

Cora Sue Collins
Cora Sue Collins

Cam Chandler

David Reed
David Reed

Tom Lowry

Eric Sinclair
Eric Sinclair

Denny Moore

Georgia Bayes
Georgia Bayes

Meg Chandler

Robert B. Williams
Robert B. Williams

Officer Ken Moore

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    A female juvenile court judge learns that her own daughter is one of the town delinquents in this minor low-budget potboiler.

  • Release Date

    1945-01-11

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