Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild

Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and offers a $1000 bonus. He tells them it is a load of lettuce. Several miles out of Los Angelese, they are stopped by a mob of lettuce-farm workers on strike. When the first crate is tossed off the truck, it explodes and the two pals learn their merchandise is a cargo of dynamite. The workers let them proceed and they crash into a car driven by Mary Stevens, whom they had met at a restaurant. She and her dog, "Butch" (played by a Credited dog named Stooge), join them and they deliver their cargo, and learn unscrupulous real-estate operators have jammed the locks on the dam in order to ruin the ranchers and farmers and take over their property.

Cast for Born to Be Wild...

Ralph Byrd
Steve Hackett
Doris Weston
Mary Stevens
Ward Bond
Bill Purvis
Robert Emmett Keane
J. Stearns Davis
Charles Williams
Company Spotter
Lew Kelly
Reilly, Diner Counterman
Harrison Greene
J. Carroll Malloy
Anna Demetrio
Cristobella
Sam Appel
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Henchman (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
George Cleveland
Stevens (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Farmer (uncredited)
Eduardo Durant
Mexican Band Leader (uncredited)
Robert Fiske
Man (uncredited)
James Flavin
Striker (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Wilson's Depot Henchman (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Thug (uncredited)
Jack Hendricks
Townsman (uncredited)
Reed Howes
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Henchman (uncredited)
Edna Lawrence
Woman (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
Garcia (uncredited)
Pat McKee
Thug (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Trucker (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Jim (uncredited)
Jack Rockwell
Townsman (uncredited)
Carlos Ruffino
Mexican Band Musician (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Jake - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Nellie Walker
Woman (uncredited)
Dan White
Striker (uncredited)
Maston Williams
Masher in Diner (uncredited)