# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/21 "2018-12-29T22:13:42Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Apologies for that. IIRC it was deliberately ambiguous who he was: a “ghost”, the guy’s brother, whatever. All we know for sure is that he is a… drifter. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/22 "2018-12-29T22:40:51Z")
Hey, I just mentioned _[The Flim-Flam Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061678/)_ in the _They Shoot Horses …_ thread. A traveling con man counts, right? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/23 "2018-12-29T22:43:53Z")
My Man Godfrey ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/24 "2018-12-29T23:37:06Z")
_Lilies of the Field_ ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/25 "2018-12-29T23:48:03Z")
Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but… Boxcar Bertha Bound for Glory Joe Jill Grapes of Wrath Five Easy Pieces Wild Boys of the Road (haven’t seen it) ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/26 "2018-12-30T00:34:23Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Scarecrow Very underrated and under-watched, especially considering Pacino and Hackman are in it. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/27 "2018-12-30T01:52:19Z")
_Yojimbo_ (1961) has the classic drifter opening: \*Man’s Castle\* (1933) _Le dernier tournant_ (1939), and all subsequent versions of _The Postman Always Rings Twice_. _Picnic_ (1956) _The Fugitive Kind_ (1960) _Going Places_ (1974) _The Road Warrior_ (1981) _They Live_ (1988) _The Drifter_ (1988) Lone Wolf and Cub - series Zatoichi - series ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/28 "2018-12-31T17:43:49Z")
_The Fisher King_ ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/29 "2019-01-01T07:17:57Z")
Aladdin ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/30 "2019-01-01T08:34:11Z")
The Jack Reacher films. The hero doesn’t even own a change of clothes. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/31 "2019-01-01T08:43:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The Jack Reacher films. The hero doesn’t even own a change of clothes. How many outfits is he shown wearing in the film? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/32 "2019-01-01T09:32:15Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > How many outfits is he shown wearing in the film? I don’t remember, but he just buys new clothing and throws away his old ones every now and then. He’s not penniless - he’s a vagabond with a fixed income. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/33 "2019-01-01T09:58:32Z")
I wonder if _The Journey Of Natty Gann_ counts. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/34 "2019-01-01T13:28:55Z")
Mad Max II - The Road Warrior ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/35 "2019-01-01T14:03:27Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I wonder if _The Journey Of Natty Gann_ counts. Wow - that was a movie I saw with my family in the living room a year after it came out. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/36 "2019-01-01T17:24:50Z")
I saw movies in my living room, too! WHAT A SMALL WORLD! I saw a movie in my pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/37 "2019-01-01T17:26:34Z")
I wonder if the original Star Wars trilogy fits this thread… ? I mean, do Luke, Chewie, and Han actually have a home? Leia used to… ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/38 "2019-01-01T19:29:32Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I wonder if the original Star Wars trilogy fits this thread… ? I mean, do Luke, Chewie, and Han actually have a home? Leia used to… Clearly those are _nomads_. The OP explicitly is looking for _vagabonds_, (with a gracious allowance for _hobos_ and _drifters_). So don’t try to pass off some pansy nomads. And while we’re on the taxonomy of transience: let’s also leave out _panhandlers_, _loafers_ and _wastrels_. The OP might be open to _ramblers_, _wayfarers_, and _rolling stones_, though. I’d be curious, also, to his/her position on _peripatetics_. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868/39 "2019-01-01T19:34:40Z")
Well, ST:TOS had a Nomad, but maybe Charlie X qualifies as a vagabond. I eagerly await replies! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-w-vagabond-as-main-character/826868.md?page=1)