December 28, 2007
Best Hobo movie ever! A great Evil vs. Not so Evil showdown.
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October 31, 2008nice trains, scenery and bums. A 2nd grader could have written the plot. fun to watch if you like trains and harbored fantasies of riding the rods
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January 13, 2008I first saw this on TV a long time ago and it has stuck with me ever since. It tells one of those Iconic "only in America" stories of ordinary, down-n-out joes fighting against The Man (in this case represented with sadistic relish by Ernest Borgnine, one of the best heavies of a...( read more)
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November 14, 2007the story is simple and ridiculous. a hobo tries to hop onto a train which is ran by a savage train manager who sole mission is to get rid of the hobos who hop a ride on his train. in one scene the train manager takes a hammer and hits a hobo a few tiems just to kick him off the ...( read more)
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July 1, 2007Hobos led such adventurous, and dangerous lives during the Great Depression. Ernie Borgnine plays one mean S.O.B. in this film.
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June 5, 2007An amazing depiction of what could basically surmise a course on contemporary Chinese history. A must see
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