The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977) starring Tim Conway, Will Geer
Synopsis of The Billion Dollar Hobo
In The Billion Dollar Hobo, a helpless klutz bumbles his way through a disaster-filled life. Suddenly he is informed that he is the only living relative of a multimillionaire. In order to take over his wealth, he has to become a hobo.
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Funnyman Tim Conway (“The Carol Burnett Show“) stumbles and bumbles through one misstep after another on his way to collecting a billion-dollar fortune in this lovable family comedy that co-stars Will Geer (“The Waltons“). Funny, outrageous and packed with adventure, it’s a racing locomotive of laughs! Vernon Praiseworthy (Conway) is a helpless klutz who can’t hold a job. But his luck suddenly changes when he discovers he’s the only living relative of a billionaire (Geer) and will inherit the family fortune if he can prove his worth by crossing the country as a hobo. Sounds easy enough, until Vernon takes the wrong train and lands in the middle of a kooky canine kidnap caper that could derail his dreams and put him and his pooch in the pokey!
Cast of characters
- Tim Conway (The Prize Fighter) as Vernon Praiseworthy
- Will Geer (The Waltons) as Choo Choo Trayne
- Eric Weston (They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way) as Steve
- Sydney Lassick (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) as Mitchell
- John Myhers (1776) as Leonard Cox
- Frank Sivero (Goodfellas) as Ernie
- Sharon Clark as Jen
- Victoria Carroll (The Incredible Hulk cartoon) as Barbara Henderson
- Sheela Tessler as Rita
- Mickey Morton as Kotch
- Roger Barkley (Dorf on the Diamond) as Guard#2
- Al Lohman as Guard#1Loehman)
- Kaye Elhardt as Miss Evans
- London the Wonder Dog as Bo