Born to Be Wild (1938)
- Starring:
- Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joseph Kane
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Born to Be Wild
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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 64 mins
Complete Cast of Born to Be Wild
- Ralph Byrd - Steve Hackett
- Ward Bond - Bill Purvis
- Bentley Hewlett - Wilson
- Davison Clark - Stranger
- George Anderson - Mayor
- Ben Hendricks, Jr. - Deputy
- Lew Kelly - Reilly
- George Magrill - Hank
- Anna Demetrio - Cristobella
- Viper
- Doris Weston - Mary Stevens
- Robert Emmett Keane - Davis
- Charles Williams - Spotter
- Byron Foulger - Husband
- Edwin Stanley - Randolph
- Stelita - Manuela
- Harrison Greene - J. Carroll Malloy
- Herbert Heywood - Stevens
- Gail Force
- Director(s):
- Joseph Kane
- Writer(s):
- Nathanael West
- Producer(s):
- Harold Shumate
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure
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