CATTLE DRIVE
DIRECTED BY KURT NEUMANN
UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURES (UI)
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He is found by a cowboy on a cattle drive and the lad must start learning the hard lessons of working in a team if he wants to make it to San Diego.
Written by Jeremy Perkins
Cast
Joel McCrea ... Dan Mathews
Dean Stockwell ... Chester Graham, Jr.
Chill Wills ... Dallas
Leon Ames ... Chester Graham Sr.
Henry Brandon ...Jim Currie
Howard Petrie ... Cap
Bob Steele ... Charlie Morgan aka Careless
Griff Barnett ... Conductor O'Hara
Chuck Roberson ...Chuck Saunders (uncredited)
and many more...
Directed
Kurt Neumann
Writing Credits
Jack Natteford ... (screenplay) and
Lillie Hayward ... (screenplay)
Produced
Aaron Rosenberg
Cinematography
Maury Gertsman
Trivia
This was Dean Stockwell's last film as a child actor. His next appearance on the big screen was five years later.
The photo of "Dan's Girl in Santa Fe" is that of Frances Dee, Joel McCrea's real-life wife.
One of Joel McCrea's personal favorite of his films.
Joel McCrea's trailing and capture of the black stallion is lifted from the earlier Universal film 'Red Canyon '[1949] to the point that McRea's costume matches Howard Duff's, that film's star. Equine star Highland Dale played the horse in both films.
The film was derided as a copy of Captains Courageous (1937), albeit in a western setting.
Goofs
Unknown
Filming Locations
Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Paria, Utah, USA
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