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Born to Be Wild ( 1938 )

"GANGLAND RIDES the HIGHWAY! (original poster)"

★7.0 /10 _(1.0)

66 min ● Feb 16, 1938 ● English

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.

Top Cast

Ralph Byrd

Steve Hackett

Doris Weston

Mary Stevens

Ward Bond

Bill Purvis

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

J. Stearns Davis

Ben Hewlett

Wilson

Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Company Spotter

Davison Clark

Stranger

Byron Foulger

Husband

George Anderson

George Anderson

Mayor

Edwin Stanley

Randolph

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Deputy

Sterlita Peluffo

Sterlita Peluffo

Manuela

Lew Kelly

Reilly, Diner Counterman

Harrison Greene

Harrison Greene

J. Carroll Malloy

George Magrill

Hank

Anna Demetrio

Cristobella

Sam Appel

Mexican Waiter (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Henchman (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)

George Cleveland

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

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

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

Maston Williams

Masher in Diner (uncredited)