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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.

1938 |1h 6m |  Action, Drama

Cast

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Ralph Byrd

Steve Hackett

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Doris Weston

Mary Stevens

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Ward Bond

Bill Purvis

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Robert Emmett Keane

J. Stearns Davis

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Charles Williams

Company Spotter

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Davison Clark

Stranger

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Byron Foulger

Husband

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Edwin Stanley

Randolph

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Ben Hendricks Jr.

Deputy

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Lew Kelly

Reilly, Diner Counterman

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George Magrill

Hank

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Anna Demetrio

Cristobella

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Sam Appel

Mexican Waiter (uncredited)

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Stanley Blystone

Henchman (uncredited)

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Al Bridge

Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)

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George Cleveland

Stevens (uncredited)

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Frank Darien

Farmer (uncredited)

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Robert Fiske

Man (uncredited)

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James Flavin

Striker (uncredited)

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Harry Harvey

Wilson's Depot Henchman (uncredited)

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Reed Howes

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

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Ethan Laidlaw

Henchman (uncredited)

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Chris-Pin Martin

Garcia (uncredited)

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Dave O'Brien

Trucker (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Jim (uncredited)

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Jack Rockwell

Townsman (uncredited)

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Dan White

Striker (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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