Born to Be Wild 86 years old

GANGLAND RIDES the HIGHWAY! (original poster)

Born to Be Wild

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.

Credits

Born to Be Wild Cast

Name Character
Byron Foulger He was 38, 70 years old when he died as Husband
Ward Bond He was 34, 57 years old when he died as Bill Purvis
Ralph Byrd He was 28, 43 years old when he died as Steve Hackett
Lew Kelly He was 58, 64 years old when he died as Reilly, Diner Counterman
George Magrill He was 38, 52 years old when he died as Hank
Doris Weston She was 24, 73 years old when she died as Mary Stevens
Charles Williams He was 51, 91 years old when he died as Company Spotter
Edwin Stanley He was 57, 64 years old when he died as Randolph
Ben Hendricks, Jr. He was 44, 44 years old when he died as Deputy
Davison Clark He was 57, 91 years old when he died as Stranger
Harrison Greene He was 54, 61 years old when he died as J. Carroll Malloy
Robert Emmett Keane He was 54, 98 years old when he died as J. Stearns Davis

Born to Be Wild Crew

Name Department
Nathanael West as Screenplay. He was 34 (37) years old when He died Writing
Joseph Kane as Director. He was 43 (81) years old when He died Directing
Born to Be Wild poster
Born to Be Wild (86 years)

GANGLAND RIDES the HIGHWAY! (original poster)

  • Release day: Wednesday, February 16, 1938
  • Runtime: 66 minutes