Saddle Tramp | |
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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 |
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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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]