Wild Boys of the Road
“Girls living like boys! Boys living like savages!”
Cast
Frankie Darro
Rochelle Hudson Edwin Phillips Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Sterling Holloway
Arthur Hohl
Credits
Written by: Earl Baldwin
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) is a American drama directed by William Wellman. It stars Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips and Rochelle Hudson. It runs 68 minutes. It is listed here as part of the director's body of work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (2,696 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
William Wellman