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Wild Boys of the Road
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Wellman
Screenplay byEarl Baldwin
Story byDaniel Ahern
Produced byRobert Presnell Sr.
StarringFrankie Darro
Rochelle Hudson
Grant Mitchell
CinematographyArthur L. Todd
Edited byThomas Pratt
Music byBernhard Kaun (uncredited)
Production
company
First National Pictures
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 7, 1933 (1933-10-07)
Running time
67 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$203,000
Pre-Code lobby card with Ward Bond and Ann Hovey depicting a sexual assault scene on the film. In spite of her rather brief appearance, Hovey was prominently featured on promotional advertising, while Bond wasn't even credited in his role of the brakeman.

Wild Boys of the Road is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, and Grant Mitchell. 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 Ahern. 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".[1][2]

  1. ^ "Library of Congress announces 2013 National Film Registry selections". The Washington Post (Press release). December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.

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