Plot
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Cast
Lee Marvin
as A No. 1
Ernest Borgnine
as Shack
Keith Carradine
as Cigaret
Charles Tyner
as Cracker
Malcolm Atterbury
as Hogger
Simon Oakland
as Policeman
Harry Caesar
as Coaly
Hal Baylor
as Yardman's Helper
Matt Clark
as Yardlet
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Gray Cat
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Reviews
Nobody gets a free ride on this train! It's the great depression and the US is now home to many homeless hobos. Shack is a particularly nasty piece of work, devoid of any compassion for the homeless, he prides himself on not letting any one ride free aboard the train he conducts upon. But in the midst is hobo supreme, A No. 1, a man who is never afraid to take up a challenge, so along with Cig…