Wild Boys of the Road

  • Drama
10/7/1933
68
NR

Girls living like boys! Boys living like savages!

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.

Director:
William A. Wellman
Writer:
Earl Baldwin
    • 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

    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
    • Robert Barrat
      Judge R.H. White
    • Willard Robertson
      Captain of Detectives
    • Ward Bond
      Red the Brakeman (uncredited)
    • Wade Boteler
      Policeman in Court (uncredited)
    • George Cooper
      Man near Columbus (uncredited)
    • Charley Grapewin
      Mr. Cadman (uncredited)

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