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Riding the Rails (1997) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1997 · 72 mins · English
- Directed by
- Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys
- Starring
- Richard Thomas
Riding the Rails exposes the grim reality behind the romantic myth of Depression‑era hoboes. Elderly survivors describe how poverty forced them onto the rails, sharing survival tricks, loneliness, imprisonment, death and loss. The filmmakers revisit the tracks, where sounds and motion revive painful memories of a shattered youth and a harsh rite of passage.
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