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Born to Be Wild
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Born to Be Wild

1938-02-16 · 66 min · ★ 7.5

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.

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Directors
Joseph Kane
Production companies
Republic Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
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Ralph ByrdRalph ByrdSteve Hackett
Doris WestonDoris WestonMary Stevens
Ward BondWard BondBill Purvis
Robert Emmett KeaneRobert Emmett KeaneJ. Stearns Davis
Ben HewlettWilson
Charles WilliamsCharles WilliamsCompany Spotter
Davison ClarkDavison ClarkStranger
Byron FoulgerByron FoulgerHusband
George AndersonMayor
Edwin StanleyEdwin StanleyRandolph
Ben Hendricks Jr.Ben Hendricks Jr.Deputy
Sterlita PeluffoManuela
Lew KellyLew KellyReilly, Diner Counterman
Harrison GreeneJ. Carroll Malloy
George MagrillGeorge MagrillHank
Anna DemetrioAnna DemetrioCristobella
Sam AppelSam AppelMexican Waiter (uncredited)
Stanley BlystoneStanley BlystoneHenchman (uncredited)
Al BridgeAl BridgeKennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
George ClevelandGeorge ClevelandStevens (uncredited)

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