Saddle Tramp (film)

76 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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]}

• 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

• 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

• Saddle Tramp at IMDb
• Saddle Tramp at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Saddle Tramp at the TCM Movie Database
• Saddle Tramp at Letterboxd