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Beggars of Life

A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer

1928 · NR · 1h 22m

Directed by William A. Wellman

7.1

TMDB audience score
44 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

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Cast

  • Wallace Beery
    Oklahoma Red

  • Louise Brooks
    The Girl (Nancy)

  • Richard Arlen
    The Boy (Jim)

  • Blue Washington
    Black Mose

  • Kewpie Morgan
    Skinny

  • Andy Clark
    Skelly

  • Mike Donlin
    Bill

  • Roscoe Karns
    Lame Hoppy

  • Bob Perry
    The Arkansaw Snake

  • Johnnie Morris
    Rubin

  • George Kotsonaros
    Baldy

  • Jack Chapin
    Ukie

  • Robert Brower
    Blind Sims

  • Frank Brownlee
    Farmer

  • Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)