Detour is a good one to bring up. Even though the protagonist
is hitchhiking across country, he is doing it to save on
travel expenses, and has LA & a fiance as a destination.
He doesn't qualify as a hobo until after he meets his fate,
but it is that condition that frames the narrative (told in
classic noir flashback)--but Vera, the femme fatale, is
hitching too, with no clear destination, and an unknown past.
She's a hobo until the extremely bitter end. I haven't read
the novel either (has anyone out there?), but i heard the
film followed it closely. Are there other examples of female
hobo noir characters? And Juri, you've got to see that film.
It has to be the best noir shot in a week on an under 50
thousand budget. Ulmer makes it work, and Ann Savage's
performance is um...savage!
---
juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi wrote:
> These came to mind:
>
> Rambler Murphy in Fred MacIsaac's pulp stories
is
> something of a hobo. He's a
> journalist wandering around, as his
nickname
> suggests, and he stops by cities
> to make big news items and articles. Once he's
done,
> he leaves for another
> city. The stories appeared in Dime Detective
in
> 1933-1940. There ought to be a
> collection of them.
>
> Does Martin Goldsmith's DETOUR count as a
hobo
> story? I haven't read it (nor
> seen the film (!)), but there's plenty of
> hitch-hiking in there.
>
> Juri
>
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