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Born to Be Wild

0 %|Feb 16, 1938|Action, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Nathanael West
Screenplay
Joseph Kane
Director

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Cast

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Ralph Byrd
Steve Hackett
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Doris Weston
Mary Stevens
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Ward Bond
Bill Purvis
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Robert Emmett Keane
J. Stearns Davis
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Charles Williams
Company Spotter
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Lew Kelly
Reilly, Diner Counterman
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Harrison Greene
J. Carroll Malloy
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Anna Demetrio
Cristobella
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Sam Appel
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
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Stanley Blystone
Henchman (uncredited)
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Al Bridge
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
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George Cleveland
Stevens (uncredited)
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Frank Darien
Farmer (uncredited)
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Eduardo Durant
Mexican Band Leader (uncredited)
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Robert Fiske
Man (uncredited)
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James Flavin
Striker (uncredited)
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Harry Harvey
Wilson's Depot Henchman (uncredited)
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Thug (uncredited)
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Jack Hendricks
Townsman (uncredited)
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Reed Howes
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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Tiny Jones
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
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Ethan Laidlaw
Henchman (uncredited)
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Edna Lawrence
Woman (uncredited)
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Chris-Pin Martin
Garcia (uncredited)
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Pat McKee
Thug (uncredited)
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Dave O'Brien
Trucker (uncredited)
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Frank O'Connor
Jim (uncredited)
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Jack Rockwell
Townsman (uncredited)
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Carlos Ruffino
Mexican Band Musician (uncredited)
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Max Wagner
Jake - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
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Nellie Walker
Woman (uncredited)
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Dan White
Striker (uncredited)
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Maston Williams
Masher in Diner (uncredited)