Wild Boys of the Road
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
Keywords:
Rape
Amputation
Freight train
Homelessness
Male friendship
Great depression
Youth gang
Poverty
Riding the rail
Troubled teen
Pre-code
School dance
Police raid
Rape revenge
Jalopy
Hobo
Shantytown
Freighthopping
Garbage dump dwellers
Movie tag line: "Girls living like boys! Boys living like savages!"
