BOY SLAVES.

Jesse Thompson follows a gang of boys who are forced to work in a fenced and guarded turpentine camp. They are free to leave only if they first pay off bills they ran up at the company store (peonage) Trapped in a state of de facto slavery, they decide to strike for better food after one boy gets dizzy and falls from a tree, resulting in the amputation of his arm.

Credits

Cast
Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel
Complete catalog record
BOY SLAVES. 1939. 7 reels, sd. Credits: Producer and director, P. J. Wolfson; original story, Albert Bein; screenplay, Albert Bein, Ben Orkow; editor, Desmond Marquette; music director, Frank Tours. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 10Feb39; LP8634.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q4952137 ↗ — color, country