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Beggars of Life

1928 · 1h 22m · Crime, Drama · United States of America

A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer

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
Starring
Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Blue Washington
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