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Actors: Frankie Darro, Edwin Philips, Rochelle Hudson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Wild Boys of the Road |
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In the 1930's depression, teenage boys and girls leave home to make their own way in the world and to take the burden off their parents. Travelling by train & foot, they rarely find any work and starve most of the way, and one character loses a leg in the process. Eventually arrested, the three main characters are sent to court, where a sympathetic judge sends them back unpunished, giving them recommendations for jobs and a more hopeful future.
--Sara Embrey, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Wild Boys of the Road |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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