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Born to Be Wild is a 1938 English-language Action Comedy motion picture directed by Joseph Kane and produced by Harold Shumate under the banner of Republic Pictures. 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. Written by Les Adams. Born to be wild stars Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane, Ben Hewlett, Charles Williams and Maston Williams. The screenplay is written by Nathanael West. Cinematography was done by Jack A. Marta and editing by William Morgan. The motion picture has a running time of 66 minutes. It was released on 16th February 1938. The movie made a box office gross of $41 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Republic Pictures.

Release Date 16 FEB 1938
Run Time 1 HOUR 6 MINUTES
Language

English

Genre

Action , Comedy , Drama , Music

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