Born to Be Wild (1938)
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Absolutely no relation to the 1960s rock-n-roll tune of the same name, Born to be Wild is a fast-paced Republic programmer boasting some fairly impressive credits. Ralph Byrd, better known as moviedom's Dick Tracy, plays truck driver Steve Weston, while Ward Bond, usually seen as a bad guy in… More Absolutely no relation to the 1960s rock-n-roll tune of the same name, Born to be Wild is a fast-paced Republic programmer boasting some fairly impressive credits. Ralph Byrd, better known as moviedom's Dick Tracy, plays truck driver Steve Weston, while Ward Bond, usually seen as a bad guy in the late 1930s, costars as Weston's friend and partner Bill Purvis. Accustomed to taking on dangerous assignments, Steve and Bill don't even bat an eyelash when they're hired to haul a load of dynamite over a patch of treacherous terrain. Will they be able to deliver their cargo to a dam-demolition site without getting demolished themselves? Nightclub and radio songstress Doris Weston is cast as Steve's sweetheart Mary Stevens, who in an amusing scene literally "ties the knot" with her boyfriend. Coscripted by novelist Nathaniel West (of Day of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts fame), Born to be Wild has often been cited as a principal inspiration for Clouzot's 1953 classic The Wages of Fear. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph Kane
- Written By
- Nathanael West
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
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Cast
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Ralph Byrd
as Steve Hackett
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Doris Weston
as Mary Stevens
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Ward Bond
as Bill Purvis
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Robert Emmett Keane
as Davis
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Bentley Hewlett
as Wilson
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Charles Williams
as Spotter
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Davison Clark
as Stranger
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Byron Foulger
as Husband
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George Anderson
as Mayor
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Edwin Stanley
as Randolph
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Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Deputy
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Stelita
as Manuela
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Lew Kelly
as Reilly
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Harrison Greene
as J. Carroll Malloy
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George Magrill
as Hank
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Herbert Heywood
as Stevens
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Anna Demetrio
as Cristobella
- Gail Force
- Viper
