Girls of the Road (1940)
1h 1m
Running Time
July 24, 1940Release Date
Girls of the Road (1940)
1h 1m
Running Time
July 24, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States, dodging the police, do-gooders, lustful men and pursuing-husbands in a bad mood. One of them is a killer, another is a girl hitch-hiking to her wedding in order to afford a wedding gown, and there is also the Governor's daughter who crusades on their behalf, while hitch-hiking along with them.
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Cast & Crew.
Ann Dvorak
Kay Warren
Helen Mack
Mickey
Lola Lane
Ellie
Ann Doran
Jerry
Mary Field
Mae
Nick Grinde
Director
Mary Booth
Edna
Robert Hardy Andrews
Writer
Wallace MacDonald
Producer
Madelon Grayson
Annie
George Meehan
Cinematographer
Grace Lenard
Stella
Charles Nelson
Editor
Evelyn Young
Sadie
Bruce Bennett
Officer Sullavan
Marjorie Cooley
Irene
Eddie Laughton
Footsy
Don Beddoe
Sheriff
Howard Hickman
Governor Warren
Eddie Acuff
Bartley, Bus Driver (Uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
Helen Brown
Mrs. Spencer (Uncredited)
James Conaty
Reverend Jackson (Uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Lecherous Driver (Uncredited)
Edward Earle
Senator Wilson (Uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Driver Killed in Car Crash (Uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Hobo in Boxcar (Uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Brakeman (Uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Pickup Man at Bus Depot (Uncredited)
Claire Rochelle
Blonde (Uncredited)
Harry Strang
Mechanic (Uncredited)
John Tyrrell
First Deputy (Uncredited)
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Wiki.
Girls of the Road is a 1940 American action film, based on an original screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews, directed by Nick Grinde, and produced by Wallace MacDonald.
The main characters of the 61–minute Columbia Pictures feature film were ten female "hobos", portrayed by Ann Dvorak (Kay), Helen Mack (Mickey), Lola Lane (Ellie), Ann Doran (Jerry), Marjorie Cooley (Irene), Mary Field (Mae), Mary Booth (Edna), Madelon Grayson (Annie), Grace Lenard (Stella), and Evelyn Young (Sadie). Male actors in the films included Bruce Bennett (Officer Sullivan), Eddie Laughton (Footsy), and Don Beddoe (Sheriff).