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Hit the Road is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by Joe May and featuring the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys alongside Gladys George, Barton MacLane and Evelyn Ankers.
Hit the Road: Directed by Joe May. With Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall. Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.
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- Drama
- Joe May
- 1941-06-27
Thinking that the gang is attempting to steal Pat's car, Pesty holds the teenagers at gunpoint until they explain their motives. Because of this delay, the boys get behind the colonel's car, and are unable to stop Spike and his mob when they run him off the road and steal the money.
- Joe May, Charles Gould
- Gladys George
Ryan (now reformed) is trying to raise $50,000 to build a trade school to help unfortunate boys. But Tom isn't all reformed yet and meets up with a stranger who enlists him in a conspiracy to steal the money.
German director Joe May was light-years removed from his glory days at UFA when he helmed the "Little Tough Guys" entry Hit the Road. This time, the youthful protagonists-Tom (Billy Halop), Pig (Huntz Hall), String (Gabe Dell) and Ape (Bernard Punsley)-are all the orphaned sons of gangsters who'd been murdered by mob boss Spike (Edward Pawley).
Hit the Road 1941 1h 1m Comedy List Reviews An ex-gangster looks after a group of orphaned reform school boys plotting vengeance against their fathers' killers.
- Comedy
Hit the Road is a film directed by Joe May with Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall .... Year: 1941. Original title: Hit the Road. Synopsis: Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.You can watch Hit the Road through on the platforms:
