Wild Boys of the Road

1933 · directed by William A. Wellman

Rating
78/100
Hit
no

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.

Wild Boys of the Road (1933), directed by William A. Wellman, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Frankie Darro
  • Edwin Phillips
  • Rochelle Hudson
  • Dorothy Coonan Wellman
  • Sterling Holloway
  • Arthur Hohl
  • Ann Hovey
  • Minna Gombell
  • Grant Mitchell
  • Claire McDowell

Crew

  • Arthur L. Todd — Director of Photography
  • Thomas Pratt — Editor
  • Bernhard Kaun — Original Music Composer
  • Earl Baldwin — Screenplay

More from William A. Wellman

  1. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — 84/100 · hit
  2. Yellow Sky (1948) — 83/100 · hit
  3. Wings (1927) — 83/100 · hit
  4. The Public Enemy (1931) — 81/100 · hit
  5. A Star Is Born (1937) — 79/100
  6. Beau Geste (1939) — 76/100

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