Born to the Saddle (1951)

★★★★★ · Amazing · Spuzz · 2006-03-23

I thought this film was so well done. This is a tale of young man growing up trying to make sense of it all. After his uncle is killed by a mover and shaker named Matt Daggett in town, Young Billy (played amazingly by Chuck Courtney) gets shot by his uncle which was meant for Daggett! Daggett and his wife take Billy in, and nurse him back to health. After realizing he doesn't have anywhere to go, Mrs. Daggett wants to keep him, while Mr. Daggett wants to get rid of him. He shleps him off to a close friend of his named Grant. Luckily, Grant has a horse that Billy immediately takes a shine to!…

★★★★ · Good Western · seekingclassics · 2007-04-22

The story is well written, interesting and well acted. You get to like some of the characters and are interested in what happens to them. Like many movies of this type, from this time, however, it is shorter than it should have been. A little more time to tie up loose ends properly at the end would have capped it off nicely. Still a good movie, though.

★★★★ · Nice. · Budro · 2009-07-04

A nice vintage western. Decent acting and interesting plot. Worth watching.

★★★ · Juvenile western · bobsluckycat · 2004-11-09

Slow moving, over-long, but sweet and strangely sincere teen western put together by William Beaudine from an Adele Buffington script. With dark undertones of wife beating, lynchings, various killings on and off screen, and animal cruelty, this one does hold your interest. Chuck Courtney is earnest enough to hold his own with Donald Woods, Rand Brooks (cast against type somewhat)and Lief Erickson plus he was one heck of a rider anyway. Look for Bill Kennedy, Fred Kohler Jr. and Glenn Strange in smaller, but effective roles. This B/W print screams for the Cinecolor it was originally shot in…