Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
1h 8m
Running Time
October 7, 1933Release Date
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
1h 8m
Running Time
October 7, 1933Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.






Currently Wild Boys of the Road is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

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)

Daniel Ahern
Writer

Wade Boteler
Policeman in Court (uncredited)

George Cooper
Man near Columbus (uncredited)

Charley Grapewin
Mr. Cadman (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
Movie Usher (uncredited)

Sidney Miller
Boy Selling Letter (uncredited)

Adrian Morris
Buggie Maylin (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux
Buggie Maylin's Pal (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.
One of the Boys (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Movie Theater Patron (uncredited)

Marlo Dwyer
Harriet Webster (uncredited)
Media.



Details.
This Movie Is About.
homelessness
great depression
poverty
riding the rail
troubled teen
pre-code
school dance
jalopy
shantytown
freighthopping
garbage dump dwellers
rape
amputation
freight train
male friendship
youth gang
police raid
rape revenge
hobo
Wiki.
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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