Saddle_Tramp_(film) References

Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp
	Film poster
Directed by	Hugo Fregonese
Written by	Harold Shumate
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Joel McCrea; Wanda Hendrix
Cinematography	Charles P. Boyle
Edited by	Frank Gross
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	July 10, 1950 (Los Angeles-Premiere); September 21, 1950 (United States);
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Saddle Tramp is a 1950 American Western film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Joel McCrea and Wanda Hendrix.^[1] Its uncredited theme song was " The Cry of the Wild Goose" by Frankie Laine.^{[
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Plot

While travelling through Nevada enroute to California, "saddle tramp" Chuck Conner stays overnight with an old close friend. After the friend is killed falling from his horse, "Uncle Chuck" feels a duty to look after his four young boys, whose mother had died previously. He takes a job on a local ranch, but must conceal his new family from his employer. He also takes in a young woman who has run away from home, and she assists him to tackle a gang of cattle rustlers.^{[
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Cast

Joel McCrea as Chuck Conner
Wanda Hendrix as Della
John Russell as Rocky
John McIntire as Jess Higgins
Jeanette Nolan as Ma Higgins
Russell Simpson as Pop
Ed Begley as Mr. August Hartnagle
Jimmy Hunt as Robbie
Orley Lindgren as Tommie
Gordon Gebert as Johnnie
Gregory Moffett as Butch
Antonio Moreno as Martinez
John Ridgely as Slim
Walter Coy as Mr Phillips
Joaquin Garay as Pancho
Peter Leeds as Springer
Michael Steele as Orvie
Paul Picerni as Denver

References

^ Nott p.85-86

Bibliography

Nott, Robert. Last of the Cowboy Heroes: The Westerns of Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy. McFarland, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7864-2261-6

External links

Saddle Tramp at IMDb
Saddle Tramp at the American Film Institute Catalog
Saddle Tramp at the TCM Movie Database
Saddle Tramp at Letterboxd

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[1] Nott p.85-86

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