Beggars of Life (1928)
A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer
84 min
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.
- Release date
- September 22, 1928
- Country of origin
- United States
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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
- 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)
Crew
- William A. Wellman · Director
- Benjamin Glazer · Writer
- Jim Tully · Writer
- Henry W. Gerrard · Cinematographer
- Alyson Shaffer · Editor