Skip to main content

Home Movies TV Shows Genres People Watchlist

Search movies, TV shows and people

Home Movies TV Shows Genres People Watchlist

About WatchList

Discover the best movies and TV shows across all streaming platforms. Never miss what's trending and find your next favorite watch.

Quick Links

Popular Movies Popular TV Shows Browse Genres People About WatchList

Data Source

Powered by The Movie Database (TMDb)

© 2026 WatchList. All rights reserved.

Made with for movie lovers

Saddle Tramp

Saddle Tramp

Saddle Tramp

Saddle Tramp

1950•1h 16m•

★6.5(11 ratings)

Western

Overview

Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck realises he must take care of the family. They hit the road and he takes a job on a ranch, but he has to keep the children hidden as his boss hates kids. There's also tension with the neighbouring ranch, and when a girl on the run from her nasty uncle joins the family unannounced Chuck wonders what he has done to deserve all this.

Director

Writers

Watchlist

Main Cast

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Chuck Conner

Wanda Hendrix

Wanda Hendrix

Della

John Russell

John Russell

Rocky

John McIntire

John McIntire

Jess Higgins

Jeanette Nolan

Jeanette Nolan

Ma Higgins

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Pop

Ed Begley

Ed Begley

Mr. August Hartnagle

Jimmy Hunt

Jimmy Hunt

Robbie

Orley Lindgren

Orley Lindgren

Tommie

Gordon Gebert

Gordon Gebert

Johnnie

Gregory Moffett

Gregory Moffett

Butch

Antonio Moreno

Antonio Moreno

Martinez

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Hugo Fregonese

Writing

Story: Harold Shumate
Screenplay: Harold Shumate

Production

Producer: Leonard Goldstein

Music & Sound

Music Director: Joseph Gershenson
Sound: Leslie I. Carey
Sound: Joe Lapis

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Charles P. Boyle

Editing

Editor: Frank Gross

Art Direction

Art Direction: Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel
Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration: Oliver Emert

Costume & Make-Up

Hairstylist: Joan St. Oegger
Makeup Artist: Bud Westmore
Costume Design: Bill Thomas

Keywords

ranch

Did You Know?

#1

The runtime is 76 minutes (1h 16m).

#2

The film was directed by Hugo Fregonese.

#3

The screenplay was written by Harold Shumate.

#4

Cinematography was handled by Charles P. Boyle.

#5

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0042915.

Gallery

Similar Movies

Gold Mine in the Sky

Gold Mine in the Sky

1938

As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.

Prairie Moon

Prairie Moon

1938

Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of rustlers.

A Demon for Trouble

A Demon for Trouble

1934

Dyer is buying ranches and then retrieving his check by having his gang kill the owner. Bob Worth arrives just as Buck Morton is killed and gets blamed for the murder. Fleeing from the Sheriff, Bob teams up with the Mexican outlaw Golinda. Having seen Dyer pay off his men, he has a plan to trap him and Golinda is just the man he needs to make it work.

Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

1969

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after her shepherd father is hung by Coke Beck, the vicious son of the head cattle rancher. Killian must weigh his actions carefully lest he perpetuate the cycle of retribution and revenge.

Giant

Giant

1956

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.

West of Rainbow's End

West of Rainbow's End

1938

Tim Hart (Tim McCoy), a former Texas Ranger, comes out of retirement to avenge the death of Lightnin' Ed (Frank LaRue), his foster father, who had been sent to Rainbow's End, to investigate a series of train robberies. He senses that George Johnson (Walter McGrail) and his henchman, Speck (Bob Kortman), head the robbery gang, especially after Speck makes an ambush attempt on his life.

Cheyenne Cowboy

Cheyenne Cowboy

1949

Cheyenne Jones comes to the Blue River Ranch and asks for a job as a cowpuncher. Actually, Jones's real name is Buck McCloud and he's the new owner of the spread, having inherited it when his uncle died a year earlier. He's roaming the range incognito while trying to identify who's behind the cattle rustling that is afflicting his new business.

McLintock!

McLintock!

1963

Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.

Tall in the Saddle

Tall in the Saddle

1944

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.

Rating

6.5/10

Good

11 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Saddle Tramp

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

NR

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Universal International Pictures

Universal International Pictures