Branded
Branded is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, and Robert Keith. It was adapted from the novel Montana Rides by Max Brand under pen name Evan Evans. A gunfighter on the run from the law is talked into posing as the long-lost son of a wealthy rancher.
Plot
Choya (Alan Ladd), a gunfighter on the run, is tracked down by cowboys Leffingwell (Robert Keith) and "Tattoo" (John Berkes) in the mountains. They make him a part of a scheme to bilk a rich rancher named Lavery (Charles Bickford). The plan requires a tattoo on Choya's shoulder, but as soon as "Tattoo" creates one, Leffingwell shoots him in the back.
More details
| author | Sydney Boehm |
|---|---|
| director | Rudolph Maté |
| editor | Alma Macrorie |
| genre | historical western |
| keywords | cattle roundup change of heart el paso kidnap kill mexican bandit on the run rescue rid steal trap wound |
| musicBy | Roy Webb |
| producer | Mel Epstein |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |