Born to Be Wild
16/02/1938
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.
Movie Information
Ralph Byrd
as Steve Hackett
Doris Weston
as Mary Stevens
Ward Bond
as Bill Purvis
Robert Emmett Keane
as J. Stearns Davis
Ben Hewlett
as Wilson
Charles Williams
as Company Spotter
Davison Clark
as Stranger
Byron Foulger
as Husband
George Anderson
as Mayor
Edwin Stanley
as Randolph
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Deputy
Sterlita Peluffo
as Manuela
Lew Kelly
as Reilly, Diner Counterman
Harrison Greene
as J. Carroll Malloy
George Magrill
as Hank
Anna Demetrio
as Cristobella
Sam Appel
as Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
as Henchman (uncredited)
Al Bridge
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
George Cleveland
as Stevens (uncredited)
Frank Darien
as Farmer (uncredited)
Eduardo Durant
as Mexican Band Leader (uncredited)
Robert Fiske
as Man (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Striker (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
as Wilson's Depot Henchman (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Thug (uncredited)
Jack Hendricks
as Townsman (uncredited)
Reed Howes
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
as Henchman (uncredited)
Edna Lawrence
as Woman (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
as Garcia (uncredited)
Pat McKee
as Thug (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
as Trucker (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Jim (uncredited)
Jack Rockwell
as Townsman (uncredited)
Carlos Ruffino
as Mexican Band Musician (uncredited)
Max Wagner
as Jake - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Nellie Walker
as Woman (uncredited)
Dan White
as Striker (uncredited)
Maston Williams
as Masher in Diner (uncredited)
