---
title: 'Wild Boys of the Road (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William A. Wellman'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 67
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wild-boys-of-the-road-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024772/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

1933 · 67 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Wild Boys of the Road is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, and Dorothy Coonan. It tells the story of several teens forced into becoming hobos. The screenplay by Earl Baldwin is based on the story Desperate Youth by Daniel Ahearn. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

## Credits

- **Director:** [William A. Wellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-a-wellman)
- **Screenplay:** [Earl Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-baldwin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun)
- **Producer:** [Robert Presnell Sr](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-presnell-sr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur L. Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-l-todd)

## Cast

- [Robert Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barrat)
- [Sterling Holloway](https://cinepixo.com/people/sterling-holloway)
- [Frankie Darro](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-darro)
- [Claire McDowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-mcdowell)
- [Rochelle Hudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rochelle-hudson)
- [Minna Gombell](https://cinepixo.com/people/minna-gombell)
- [Arthur Hohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hohl)
- [Grant Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-mitchell)
- [Willard Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/willard-robertson)

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