Born to Be Wild (1938)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1938-02-16
United States of America
66 Min.
PG-13
Action, Drama
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.
Cast
Steve Hackett
Mary Stevens
Bill Purvis
J. Stearns Davis
Wilson
Company Spotter
Stranger
Husband
Mayor
Randolph
Deputy
Manuela
Reilly, Diner Counterman
J. Carroll Malloy
Hank
Cristobella
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Henchman (uncredited)
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Stevens (uncredited)
Farmer (uncredited)
Mexican Band Leader (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Striker (uncredited)
Wilson's Depot Henchman (uncredited)
Thug (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Henchman (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Garcia (uncredited)
Thug (uncredited)
Trucker (uncredited)
Jim (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Mexican Band Musician (uncredited)
Jake - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Striker (uncredited)
Masher in Diner (uncredited)
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