Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
07/10/1933
Drama
1h 8m
- 69% (47 votes)
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Girls living like boys! Boys living like savages!
Overview
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Earl BaldwinScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- rape
- amputation
- freight train
- homelessness
- male friendship
- great depression
- youth gang
- poverty
- riding the rail
- troubled teen
- pre-code
- school dance
- police raid
- rape revenge
- jalopy
- hobo
- shantytown
- freighthopping
- garbage dump dwellers
Top Billed Cast
Frankie Darro
Eddie Smith
Edwin Phillips
Tommy Gordon
Rochelle Hudson
Grace
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Sally
Sterling Holloway
Ollie
Arthur Hohl
Dr. Henry A. Heckel
Ann Hovey
Lola
Minna Gombell
Aunt Carrie
Grant Mitchell
James Smith
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Smith
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