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The Billion Dollar Hobo

5.819771h 36mGMovieComedyFamily

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…

DirectorStuart E. McGowan
WritersTim Conway·Roger Beatty
ProducersLang Elliott·Lloyd N. Adams Jr.

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Cast · Directed by Stuart E. McGowan

TCTim Conway
Tim Conway
Vernon Praiseworthy
AS
Al Stellone
Cookie
EGEllen Gerstein
Ellen Gerstein
Waitress
WGWill Geer
Will Geer
Choo-Choo Trayne
FSFrank Sivero
Frank Sivero
Ernie
VCVictoria Carroll
Victoria Carroll
Henderson
SLSydney Lassick
Sydney Lassick
Mitchell
EW
Eric Weston
Steve
DI
Darrow Igus
Royal
BTBob Telford
Bob Telford
Policeman
LLondon
London
Bo (uncredited)

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