Wild Boys of the Road(Movie, 1933)

Name: Wild Boys of the Road
Genre: Drama
Released: 1933
Duration: T01:8:00
Rating: 3.5

1h 8min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

Wild Boys of the Road is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, and Grant Mitchell. It tells the story of several teens forced into becoming hobos. The screenplay by Earl Baldwin is based on the story Desperate Youth by Daniel Ahern. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ()

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About Wild Boys of the Road

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/07/1933

Cast: Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Hohl, Claire McDowell, Minna Gombell, Robert Barrat, Sterling Holloway, Willard Robertson

Director: William Augustus Wellman

Producer: Robert Presnell Sr

Screenwriter: Earl Baldwin

Director of Photography: Arthur L. Todd

Composer: Bernhard Kaun

Keywords: anti-capitalism, shantytown, garbage dump dwellers, poverty, school dance, homelessness, pre-code, chicago, illinois, jalopy, troubled teen, riding the rail, great depression, freighthopping

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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