Wild Boys of the Road
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| Directed by | William Wellman |
| Screenplay by | Earl Baldwin |
| Story by | Daniel Ahern |
| Produced by | Robert Presnell Sr. |
| Starring | Frankie Darro Rochelle Hudson Grant Mitchell |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
| Music by | Bernhard Kaun (uncredited) |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $203,000 |
Wild Boys of the Road is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, and Grant Mitchell. It tells the story of several teens forced into becoming hobos. The screenplay by Earl Baldwin is based on the story Desperate Youth by Daniel Ahern. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".