BORN TO BE WILD (1938) Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston & Ward Bond | Action, Comedy, Drama | B&W

Born to Be Wild is a 1938 American action film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Nathanael West. The film stars Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane, Ben Hewlett and Charles Williams. The film was released on February 16, 1938, by Republic Pictures.

SYNOPSIS
Two reckless truckers are asked to deliver a load of lettuce, but among the way they are stopped by farm workers on strike, they learn that the cargo is actually dynamite and that they have to take that dynamite into a jammed dam and blow it up.

A greedy land baron has shut down the dam that supplies water to the town of Indian Head. Two truck drivers race to get a truck loaded with dynamite to the dam so they can blow it, but must battle their way through a gang of armed thugs hired by the land baron to stop them.

CAST & CREW
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
Harrison Greene as J. Carroll Malloy
George Magrill as Hank
Anna Demetrio as Cristobella

Directed by Joseph Kane
Screenplay by Nathanael West
Produced by Harold Shumate
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Edited by William Morgan
Production company Republic Pictures
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date February 16, 1938
Running time 66 minutes
Country United States
Language English