Wild Boys of the Road (Dangerous Days) (1933)
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100% of critics liked it
(6 reviews) -
78% of users liked it
(200 ratings)
This earnest, socially-conscious road drama centers on two California teenagers who find their comfortable lives thrown into turmoil during the Great Depression. To find work for themselves, the adventurous lads sneak aboard a Chicago-bound train. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- Directed By
- William A. Wellman
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 22, 1933 Wide
Critic Reviews
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John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
The film -- as propulsive as a locomotive -- is sympathetic to the plight of the young, the unemployed, the female and the ethnic (the 'boys republic' is open to black and Jewish youngsters).
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
No mere Dear-Mr.-Roosevelt pamphlet, but a proto-Neorealist howl
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Loved the energy of this heartfelt Depression-era social-conscious road film.
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Sean Axmaker, Parallax View
It's a cinematic blast of anger and outrage and exasperation sprung from the immediacy of the depression.
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
Don't let the giddy Jazz Age prologue or the deliriously happy ending fool you: this is one of the bleakest films from the 1930s that I've ever seen.
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Cast
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Frankie Darro
as Eddie Smith
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Dorothy Coonan Wellman
as Sally
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Rochelle Hudson
as Grace
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Anne Hovey
as Lola
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Arthur Hohl
as Dr. Heckel
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Grant Mitchell
as Mr. Smith
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Claire McDowell
as Mrs. Smith
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Sterling Holloway
as Ollie
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Charles Grapewin
as Mr. Cadmust
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Robert H. Barrat
as Judge White
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Ward Bond
as Red
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Adrian Morris
as Buggie Maylin
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Shirley Dunstead
as Harriet
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Minna Gombell
as Aunt Carrie
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Willard Robertson
as Captain of Detectives
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Edwin Phillips
as Tommy
