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A Bugle Blast Rings Across the Nation- and Youth's Valiant Legion Takes Heart as All America Rallies to the Fight.
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
Eric Linden Beryl Mercer Rochelle Hudson Arline Judge Billy Butts Ben Alexander Mary Kornman William Orlamond Roberta Gale Robert Quirk Reginald Barlow Lita Chevret Edward Churchill Frank Fanning Ralf Harolde Tom Herbert Harry Hollingsworth Bradley Knoche Robert McKenzie Earl Pingree Russ Powell Allen Rivkin Harry Shutan James Wang
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