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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.
Wild Boys of the Road: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Coonan Wellman. In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.
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- Adventure, Drama
- William A. Wellman
- 1933-10-07
Sep 20, 2021 · A pre-Code film about teens forced into hobo life during the Depression. Watch the restored version with subtitles and reviews, or download the file with a watermark.
This earnest, socially conscious road drama directed by William Wellman centers on two California teenagers who find their comfortable lives thrown into turmoil during the Great Depression. The...
Wild Boys of the Road - (Original Trailer) An impoverished girl masquerades as a boy to run with a gang of young hobos in Wild Boys of the Road (1933).
- William A. Wellman
- Frankie Darro
Tommy Gordon (Edwin Phillips) and Eddie Smith (Frankie Darro) go looking for jobs as their families suffer during the Great Depression. Bound for the city, the teens share a rail car with Sally ...
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- Drama
“Wild Boys of the Road” chronicles the hard-luck life of the road of literally hundreds of thousands of teenagers – boys and girls alike – who were forced out into the world at large when their family life at home collapsed. Literally torn from the headlines, “Wild Boys of the Road” was based on a story by
