Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Mild
The story
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
- great depression
- oregon
- usa
- railroad
- riding the rail
- 1930s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Malcolm Atterbury — Hogger
- Simon Oakland — Policeman
- Harry Caesar — Coaly
- Hal Baylor — Yardman's Helper
- Matt Clark — Yardlet
- Elisha Cook Jr. — Gray Cat
- Joe Di Reda — Dinger
- Liam Dunn — Smile
- Diane Dye — Girl in Water
- Robert Foulk — Conductor
- Jim Goodwin — Fakir
- Directed
- Robert Aldrich
- Written
- Jack London, Christopher Knopf
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 148 ratings
- Studio
- Inter Hemisphere, 20th Century Fox
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
