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.
Hey, I just mentioned The Flim-Flam Man in the They Shoot Horses … thread.
A traveling con man counts, right?
My Man Godfrey
Lilies of the Field
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)
Very underrated and under-watched, especially considering Pacino and Hackman are in it.
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
The Fisher King
Aladdin
The Jack Reacher films. The hero doesn’t even own a change of clothes.
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.
I wonder if The Journey Of Natty Gann counts.
Mad Max II - The Road Warrior
Wow - that was a movie I saw with my family in the living room a year after it came out.
I saw movies in my living room, too! WHAT A SMALL WORLD!
I saw a movie in my pajamas.
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.
Well, ST:TOS had a Nomad, but maybe Charlie X qualifies as a vagabond.
I eagerly await replies!