
City Lights
1931


“Meet the girls of the female hobo "jungles"!”
4 votes
The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, job-seekers and fugitives - either running from or toward something as they hitch-hike their way across the United States.
Director
Nick GrindéWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
_Girls of the Road_ is a really poor knockoff of William Wellman's _Wild Boys of the_ _Road_. The movie showcases female bonding a la _Thelma and Louise_, and exploits the theme of "bad girls" to the max. The time frame for this movie isn't really specific, since the vehicles in the movie are clearly 1940s vintage, but the plot revolves around a group of women hoboing across the country. One of them is the governor's daughter, who sets out to learn the reasons that these women are homeless and transient. Her goal is to provide her father with enough first-hand information so that he can author…
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