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The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker

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Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narrates this remarkable examination of the uniquely American Hobo.

DirectorBobb Hopkins
WriterBobb Hopkins
ProducersWallace L. Benepe·Bobb Hopkins

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Cast · Directed by Bobb Hopkins

EBErnest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Himself - Narrator
MHMerle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Himself - Special Guest
JM
James Michener
Himself - Special Guest

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