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

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
William A. Wellman
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    Eddie Smith Frankie Darro
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    Grace Rochelle Hudson
  • Profile picture of Dorothy Coonan Wellman
    Sally Dorothy Coonan Wellman
  • Profile picture of Sterling Holloway
    Ollie Sterling Holloway
  • Profile picture of Arthur Hohl
    Dr. Henry A. Heckel Arthur Hohl
  • Profile picture of Minna Gombell
    Aunt Carrie Minna Gombell
  • Profile picture of Grant Mitchell
    James Smith Grant Mitchell
  • Profile picture of Claire McDowell
    Mrs. Smith Claire McDowell

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  • amputation
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  • 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