Girls of the Road

61 minutes

7/24/1940

Overview

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.

Cast List

Ann Dvorak
as Kay Warren
Helen Mack
as Mickey
Lola Lane
as Ellie
Ann Doran
as Jerry
Marjorie Cooley
as Irene
Mary Field
as Mae
Mary Booth
as Edna
Madelon Grayson
as Annie
Grace Lenard
as Stella
Evelyn Young
as Sadie
Bruce Bennett
as Officer Sullavan
Eddie Laughton
as Footsy
Don Beddoe
as Sheriff
Howard Hickman
as Governor Warren
Eddie Acuff
as Bartley, Bus Driver (Uncredited)
Ernie Adams
as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
Helen Brown
as Mrs. Spencer (Uncredited)
James Conaty
as Reverend Jackson (Uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Lecherous Driver (Uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Senator Wilson (Uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
as Driver Killed in Car Crash (Uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Hobo in Boxcar (Uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
as Brakeman (Uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Pickup Man at Bus Depot (Uncredited)
Claire Rochelle
as Blonde (Uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as First Deputy (Uncredited)
Lois Collier
as Road Girl (Uncredited)
Dorothy Gray
as Road Girl (Uncredited)
Alice Keating
as Road Girl (Uncredited)
Kathryn Marlowe
as Road Girl (Uncredited)
Florence Wright
as Road Girl (Uncredited)