Wild Boys of the Road
1933 · 1h 8m · 6.8
Drama
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.
Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Sterling Holloway, Arthur Hohl, Ann Hovey, Minna Gombell, Grant Mitchell, Claire McDowell
rape, amputation, freight train, homelessness, male friendship, great depression, youth gang, poverty, riding the rail, troubled teen, pre-code, school dance, police raid, rape revenge, jalopy, hobo, shantytown, freighthopping, garbage dump dwellers