Girls of the Road (1940)
- Directed by
- Nick Grinde
- Genre
- action film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 01m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
During the Great Depression, a group of women travel the country as hobos, facing hardship and run-ins with the law. They band together to survive while on the road.
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What happens
Girls of the Road is a 1940 American action film, based on an original screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews, directed by Nick Grinde, and produced by Wallace MacDonald. The main characters of the 61–minute Columbia Pictures feature film were ten female "hobos", portrayed by Ann Dvorak (Kay), Helen Mack (Mickey), Lola Lane (Ellie), Ann Doran (Jerry), Marjorie Cooley (Irene), Mary Field (Mae), Mary Booth (Edna), Madelon Grayson (Annie), Grace Lenard (Stella), and Evelyn Young (Sadie). Male actors in the films included Bruce Bennett (Officer Sullivan), Eddie Laughton (Footsy), and Don Beddoe (Sheriff). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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