This term referring to abstinence
probably originated when a horse drawn wagon would roll through town collecting alcoholics who
wanted to travel to a place where they could get sober.
also: falling off the wagon, fell off the wagon
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 Anatomy of a Murder
James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell 1959 -
Down to the Bone
Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Clint Jordan 2004 -

I'll Cry Tomorrow
Susan Hayward, Richard Conte 1955 -
 La Bamba
Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto 1987 -

Place Vendome
Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner 1998 -

The Southerner
Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish 1945-
  You Kill Me
Ben Kingsley, Téa Leoni, Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina 2007 -

Without Love Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball 1945
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