# Movies w/ Vagabond as Main Character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868 "2018-12-29T14:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/1 "2018-12-29T14:40:51Z")
Preferably from the 1930-70s. Regardless of country. (I’ve seen the movie “Vagabond”, it’s ok) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/2 "2018-12-29T14:53:12Z")
Scarecrow ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/3 "2018-12-29T15:13:26Z")
I suppose movies with hoboes and drifters don’t count? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/4 "2018-12-29T15:29:38Z")
[The Vagabond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vagabond_(film)) [Boudu Saved from Drowning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudu_Saved_from_Drowning) and its remake [Down and Out In Beverly Hills](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_Beverly_Hills) ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/5 "2018-12-29T15:41:08Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I suppose movies with hoboes and drifters don’t count? Count them - especially if they’re great! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/6 "2018-12-29T15:52:40Z")
Mel Brooks, Life Stinks Preston Sturges, Sullivan’s Travels ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/7 "2018-12-29T16:02:13Z")
Rutger Hauer-[_Hobo With A Shotgun_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_with_a_Shotgun). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/8 "2018-12-29T16:12:02Z")
If drifters count: _For a Fistful of Dollars For a Few Dollars More The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly High Plains Drifter_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/9 "2018-12-29T16:16:42Z")
James Garner-_Support Your Local Sheriff_ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/10 "2018-12-29T16:19:51Z")
[_The Emperor of the North Pole_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_the_North_Pole) ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/11 "2018-12-29T16:22:40Z")
Speaking of Rutger Hauer, “The Hitcher” was pretty intense for what it was, at least so it seemed when I saw it back when I was 13 or 14, although at that age I guess I could have just been impressionable. Maybe I ought to give it another look… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/12 "2018-12-29T16:33:17Z")
Of course we can’t forget The Tramp (although he is now and then gainfully employed). _The Kid_ _City Lights Modern Times The Gold Rush_ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/13 "2018-12-29T16:47:10Z")
If TV movies count: the pilot of [Then Came Bronson](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065087/) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/14 "2018-12-29T17:49:37Z")
Chocolat Machete A Boy and his Dog The Hot Spot Blind Fury most Westerns a lot of samurai flicks ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/15 "2018-12-29T18:03:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If drifters count: > > _For a Fistful of Dollars > For a Few Dollars More > The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly > High Plains Drifter_ High Plains Drifter was about a ghost, not a vagabond. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/16 "2018-12-29T18:05:12Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > High Plains Drifter was about a ghost, not a vagabond. Drifters drift, ghosts drift. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/17 "2018-12-29T18:09:07Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > High Plains Drifter was about a ghost, not a vagabond. Hey! Spoiler alert! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/18 "2018-12-29T18:16:23Z")
The Fugitive was a fugitive. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/19 "2018-12-29T19:16:15Z")
Rambo? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/20 "2018-12-29T20:10:19Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Hey! Spoiler alert! Apologies for that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868.md?page=2)