Youth Takes a Fling
1938, English. Directed by Archie Mayo.
A PICTURE FOR THE YOUNG...OF ALL AGES!
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 22 September 1938
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Myles Connolly, Eliot Gibbons
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Youth Takes a Fling runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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Youth Takes a Fling isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 September 1938. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked Youth Takes a Fling, try Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, Christmas with You, Relationship Goals.
Who directed Youth Takes a Fling?
Youth Takes a Fling (1938) was directed by Archie Mayo and stars Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks.