Johnny Trouble

Johnny Trouble

Her Love Made It So...There Was No Such Thing As A Bad Boy

1957 · 80 min · ★ 4.6 · Drama

An elderly woman becomes convinced that a trouble-making college student is her grandson she's never met.

Directed by John H. Auer · Written by Ben Ames Williams

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