Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild (1938)

GANGLAND RIDES the HIGHWAY! (original poster)

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.

star 7 5.7
  • Release Date: 1938-02-16
  • Runtime: 1h 6min
  • Director: Joseph Kane

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Cast

  • Ralph Byrd

    Steve Hackett

  • Doris Weston

    Mary Stevens

  • Ward Bond

    Bill Purvis

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    J. Stearns Davis

  • Ben Hewlett

    Wilson

  • Charles Williams

    Company Spotter

  • Davison Clark

    Stranger

  • Byron Foulger

    Husband

  • George Anderson

    Mayor

  • Edwin Stanley

    Randolph

  • Ben Hendricks Jr.

    Deputy

  • Sterlita Peluffo

    Manuela

  • Lew Kelly

    Reilly, Diner Counterman

  • Harrison Greene

    J. Carroll Malloy

  • George Magrill

    Hank

  • Anna Demetrio

    Cristobella

  • Sam Appel

    Mexican Waiter (uncredited)

  • Stanley Blystone

    Henchman (uncredited)

  • Al Bridge

    Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)

  • George Cleveland

    Stevens (uncredited)

  • Frank Darien

    Farmer (uncredited)

  • Eduardo Durant

    Mexican Band Leader (uncredited)

  • Robert Fiske

    Man (uncredited)

  • James Flavin

    Striker (uncredited)

  • Harry Harvey

    Wilson's Depot Henchman (uncredited)

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    Thug (uncredited)

  • Jack Hendricks

    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Reed Howes

    Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

  • Tiny Jones

    Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

  • Ethan Laidlaw

    Henchman (uncredited)

  • Edna Lawrence

    Woman (uncredited)

  • Chris-Pin Martin

    Garcia (uncredited)

  • Pat McKee

    Thug (uncredited)

  • Dave O'Brien

    Trucker (uncredited)

  • Frank O'Connor

    Jim (uncredited)

  • Jack Rockwell

    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Carlos Ruffino

    Mexican Band Musician (uncredited)

  • Max Wagner

    Jake - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)

  • Nellie Walker

    Woman (uncredited)

  • Dan White

    Striker (uncredited)

  • Maston Williams

    Masher in Diner (uncredited)

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