Beggars of Life

Sep 22, 1928

1h 22m

★ 7.1

A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Oklahoma Red

Wallace Beery

The Girl (Nancy)

Louise Brooks

The Boy (Jim)

Richard Arlen

Black Mose

Blue Washington

Skinny

Kewpie Morgan

Skelly

Andy Clark

Bill

Mike Donlin

Lame Hoppy

Roscoe Karns

The Arkansaw Snake

Bob Perry

Rubin

Johnnie Morris

Baldy

George Kotsonaros

Ukie

Jack Chapin

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