John T. Davis stashes a camera in his bedroll, catches out, and rides the rails from Minneapolis to Seattle with Beargrease - a part-time hobo and full time philosopher, who narrates their way through the incredible scenery of the Northwest and gives us his views on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Along the way, the pair meet with several other men living life on the margins.
Just as the original hobos of the early 20th century were scorned the mainstream of society, so too ...
Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautiona...
Documentary - Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narra...
A "scenic picture from a hobo's point of view".
The Great American Hobo produced in 1980 features the music of Supertramp's "Take the Long Way Home"...
While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmm...
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant ...
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterp...
The fanatic beliefs of an internet mystic, a cult leader, and a rookie cop gone rogue are tested on ...
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect ...
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Te...
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's f...
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for ...
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to he...
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and lo...
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond....
The story of four young people, ShinAe Ahn who is transgender, and three others, pan-sexual, gay, an...
A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with t...
As a solar flare is heading towards Earth, a family man named Arthur befriends a homeless man and fa...