Beggars of Life
“A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer”
1928•NR•1h 22m•7.1•Released
DramaCrime
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.
Director
William A. Wellman
Languages
English, No Language
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Wallace Beery
Oklahoma Red
Louise Brooks
The Girl (Nancy)
Richard Arlen
The Boy (Jim)
Blue Washington
Black Mose
Kewpie Morgan
Skinny
Andy Clark
Skelly
Mike Donlin
Bill
Roscoe Karns
Lame Hoppy
Bob Perry
The Arkansaw Snake
Johnnie Morris
Rubin
George Kotsonaros
Baldy
Jack Chapin
Ukie
Robert Brower
Blind Sims
Frank Brownlee
Farmer
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Company
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
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