Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild

1938
1h 6m
7.5

7.5/10

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"GANGLAND RIDES the HIGHWAY! (original poster)"

Overview

Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and offers a $1000 bonus. He tells them it is a load of lettuce. Several miles out of Los Angelese, they are stopped by a mob of lettuce-farm workers on strike. When the first crate is tossed off the truck, it explodes and the two pals learn their merchandise is a cargo of dynamite. The workers let them proceed and they crash into a car driven by Mary Stevens, whom they had met at a restaurant. She and her dog, "Butch" (played by a Credited dog named Stooge), join them and they deliver their cargo, and learn unscrupulous real-estate operators have jammed the locks on the dam in order to ruin the ranchers and farmers and take over their property.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Republic Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date February 16, 1938
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0029939

Cast

Ralph Byrd
Ralph Byrd

Steve Hackett

Doris Weston
Doris Weston

Mary Stevens

Ward Bond
Ward Bond

Bill Purvis

Robert Emmett Keane
Robert Emmett Keane

J. Stearns Davis

Ben Hewlett
Ben Hewlett

Wilson

Charles Williams
Charles Williams

Company Spotter

Davison Clark
Davison Clark

Stranger

Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger

Husband

George Anderson
George Anderson

Mayor

Edwin Stanley
Edwin Stanley

Randolph

Ben Hendricks Jr.
Ben Hendricks Jr.

Deputy

Sterlita Peluffo
Sterlita Peluffo

Manuela

Key Crew

Joseph Kane
Director
Nathanael West
Screenplay