Traveller

Traveller is a 1997 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Jack N. Green in his directorial debut. The film stars Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies, James Gammon, and Luke Askew. The story follows a man and a group of nomadic con artists in North Carolina. The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 8, 1997 and received a limited release on April 18, 1997. Plot The Travellers are a close-knit group of Irish American con artists who travel the American South looking for easy marks. Pat O'Hara, a city-bred young man whose father was a member of the group and has since died, returns home for his father’s funeral and wants to join the group. However, Pat is not welcomed due to his father breaking the group’s code for marrying outside of the clan. While Boss Jack, the group's head, shuns Pat, Bokky, the group’s "star artist", takes Pat under his wing and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Bokky and Pat decide to run a complicated scam on Jean, a bartender and single mother they meet on the road. The two men also hook up with Double D, a fellow grifter. Bokky becomes romantically drawn to Jean, and feeling remorse for having deceived her, considers violating the group’s principles by returning her money. Other tensions are spurred by Pat’s romantic interest in Boss Jack’s daughter Kate and his plans with Double D to outsmart a group of mobsters. Cast