"A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer" 22 September 1928 Adventure, Drama, Crime 82 mins
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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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
George Kotsonaros as Baldy
Jack Chapin as Ukie
Robert Brower as Blind Sims
Frank Brownlee as Farmer
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
William A. Wellman Director
Eugene Richee Still Photographer
Benjamin Glazer Adaptation
Jim Tully Book
Mendigos da Vida Trailer
United States 22 September 1928
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