The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977)
Clear the tracks! It's a 100 laffs-a-minute runaway as Tim goes tramping with a locomotive and a canine keeper!
96 min
Vernon Praiseworthy is a clumsy but lovable dope who stands to inherit his uncle's fortune. The condition is that he travel the rails as a penniless hobo just as his uncle did in the dark days of the depression. That seems simple enough until he gets involved in a dog-napping plot. Written by Jerry Roberts
- Release date
- November 1, 1977
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Tim Conway as Vernon Praiseworthy
- Al Stellone as Cookie
- Ellen Gerstein as Waitress
- Jerry Toomey as Boy #1
- Kevin Brando as Mike
- Mickey Morton as Kotch
- Roger Barkley as Guard#2
- Al Lohman as Guard#1
- Will Geer as Choo-Choo Trayne
- Kaye Elhardt as Miss Evans
Crew
- Stuart E. McGowan · Director
- Stuart E. McGowan · Writer
- Roger Beatty · Writer
- Tim Conway · Writer
- Lang Elliott · Producer
- Michael Leonard · Composer
- Irv Goodnoff · Cinematographer
- Avrum M. Fine · Editor
- Eric Weston · Casting director