Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life

82 mins | Drama, Adventure | Sept. 22, 1928

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.

Beggars of Life

82 mins | Drama, Adventure | Sept. 22, 1928

Beggars of Life
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Paramount
Original title Beggars of Life
Directors William A. Wellman
Writers Jim Tully, Benjamin Glazer

Cast

Wallace Beery

as Oklahoma Red

Louise Brooks

as The Girl (Nancy)

Richard Arlen

as The Boy (Jim)

Blue Washington

as Black Mose

Kewpie Morgan

as Skinny

Andy Clark

as Skelly

Mike Donlin

as Bill

Roscoe Karns

as Lame Hoppy

Bob Perry

as The Arkansaw Snake

Johnnie Morris

as Rubin

Jack Chapin

as Ukie

Robert Brower

as Blind Sims

Frank Brownlee

as Farmer