Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
- Directed by
- William A. Wellman
- Genre
- drama film, teen film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 53 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
During the Great Depression, several teenagers lose their homes and families and are forced to travel as hobos across the United States. They face hunger, danger, and exploitation while trying to survive.
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What happens
Wild Boys of the Road is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, and Dorothy Coonan. 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 Ahearn. 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". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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