Branded (1950 film)

Branded is a 1950 western film starring Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, and Robert Keith. It was adapted from the novel Montana Rides Again by Max Brand. A gunfighter on the run from the law is talked into posing as the longlost son of a wealthy rancher.

Choya rides to Laverys Bar M ranch and asks foreman Ransome for a job, but doesnt get it. While they fight, Lavery and daughter Ruth ride up. Lavery feels the ranch could use another good hand, so Choya is hired.Ruth tells the new man how her 5yearold brother was a kidnap victim many years ago, never seen again. One day, Lavery notices the tattoo and is amazed because his longlost son had one just like it. Choya pretends it is a coincidence, but tells a story about a childhood memory that convinces Mr. and Mrs. Lavery that he is Richard, Jr. ........

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