YOUNG FUGITIVES (1938) Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent & Harry Davenport | Crime, Drama | B&W

Young Fugitives is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Rawlins and written by Ben Grauman Kohn and Charles Grayson. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Harry Davenport, Larry J. Blake, Clem Bevans and Mira McKinney. The film was released on June 30, 1938, by Universal Pictures.

SYNOPSIS
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.

Joel Bentham is given 50,000 dollars for being the last surviving civil war veteran in his part of the country, he decides to give a house to homeless woman Meg and takes in the grandson of a war comrade Ray Riggins.

CAST & CREW
Robert Wilcox as Ray Riggins
Dorothea Kent as Meg
Harry Davenport as Joel Bentham
Larry J. Blake as Silent Sam
Clem Bevans as Benjie Collins
Mira McKinney as Letty
Henry Roquemore as Mayor Henry Scudder
Tom Ricketts as Tom Riggins
Mary Treen as Kathy
William "Billy" Benedict as Jud

Directed by John Rawlins
Screenplay by Ben Grauman Kohn, Charles Grayson
Story by Edward James
Produced by Barney Sarecky
Cinematography George Robinson
Edited by Frank Gross
Production company Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date June 30, 1938
Running time 67 minutes
Country United States
Language English