In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected..
Is it worth your time? If you have any interest in pre-code Hollywood or how movies handled social issues before everything became sanitized, absolutely. It’s a gut-punch of a film that doesn't care if you're comfortable. If you’re looking for a lighthearted romp or something with a tidy moral lesson at the end, you sh...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
William A. Wellman
Charles Horan
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"Is it worth your time? If you have any interest in pre-code Hollywood or how movies handled social issues before everything became sanitized, absolutely. It’s a gut-punch of a film that doesn't care if you're comfortable. If you’re looking for a lighthearted romp or something with a tidy moral lesson at the end, you should probably skip this. It’s bleak, it’s angry, and it feels remarkably lived-in for something made nearly a century ago. The whole thing kicks off with a simple premise that spi..."
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