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Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life

A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer

19287.11h 22mNR

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.

Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by Benjamin Glazer, Jim Tully
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Top Cast

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Oklahoma Red

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

The Girl (Nancy)

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

The Boy (Jim)

Blue Washington

Blue Washington

Black Mose

Kewpie Morgan

Kewpie Morgan

Skinny

Andy Clark

Andy Clark

Skelly

Mike Donlin

Mike Donlin

Bill

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Lame Hoppy

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Bob Perry

The Arkansaw Snake

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Johnnie Morris

Rubin

Themes & Keywords

silent filmhobolovers on the lampartial soundlost soundtrackpartial sound (lost)

About Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life is a adventure, drama, crime film released in 1928 exploring themes of silent film, hobo, lovers on the lam, partial sound, lost soundtrack, partial sound (lost). Directed by William A. Wellman, it stars Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen. 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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