Girls of the Road

Girls of the Road

Meet the girls of the female hobo "jungles"!

NR 1940 · 61 min · ★ 5.4 · Adventure, Crime, Drama

The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, ne'er-do-wells, innocents, fugitives, the once-priviledged, and all down-trodden - either running from or toward something, but who find they must support each other as they hitch-hike their way across Great Depression-era America in search of an increasingly elusive decent life.

Directed by Nick Grindé · Written by Robert Hardy Andrews

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