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  • Boys' Ranch (1946)
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    97 min | Adventure, Drama
Boys' Ranch (1946)
Approved
97 min | Adventure, Drama

Baseball player Dan Walker being benched doesn't bother him as it allows him to make the easy decision to be a full time Texas rancher - his goal to own his own ranch - and be at home with his wife and daughter, Susan and Mary. The one ...See moreBaseball player Dan Walker being benched doesn't bother him as it allows him to make the easy decision to be a full time Texas rancher - his goal to own his own ranch - and be at home with his wife and daughter, Susan and Mary. The one thing Dan will miss about not being a ball player is the casual friendship he has with a bunch of disadvantaged boys at his team's ballpark. Without knowing their full stories, Dan could always manage to get a few of them into the ballpark to watch games for free. When Dan learns that two of them, Skippy and Hank, will be sent to reform school, with the probable outcome being they growing up to be adult criminals due to that experience, Dan feels he has no choice but to take the two with him to Texas to try to get them jobs on ranches. Dan learns both that city boys being thrown into the deep end in ranching duties doesn't sit well with the locals, and that there are just as many disadvantaged boys in the country as there are in the city, they who just want three square meals they can call their own. Dan is able to convince his initially reluctant fellow ranchers to donate property and seed funds for a pilot project for a boys' ranch where they can raise their own food, have a roof over their heads, have some proper, caring adult guidance, and get a decent education in the process, the ranchers who only agree on the condition that Dan manage the ranch. With the ranch up, running and thriving, Susan worries most about a younger boy named Butch Taylor who doesn't seem to have ever learned how to be a real boy, while Dan has to worry about Skippy, who doesn't respond to authority, who just wants to live on his own rules, and who only understands what money can do in whatever manner he can get it. As such, Skippy may threaten the pilot moving into a permanent situation, one where all the other boys are responding in this supportive environment. Written by Huggo See less
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Director
Writer
William Ludwig (original story by) (screen play by)
Producer
Robert Sisk (produced by)
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Release date
Jul 18, 1946 (United States)

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32 cast members
Name Known for
James Craig
Dan Walker Dan Walker   See fewer
Skip Homeier
Skippy (as Skippy Homeier) Skippy (as Skippy Homeier)   See fewer
Dorothy Patrick
Susan Walker Susan Walker   See fewer
Ray Collins
David Banton David Banton   See fewer
Sharon McManus
Mary Walker Mary Walker   See fewer
Minor Watson
Mr. Harper Mr. Harper   See fewer
Geraldine Wall
Mrs. Harper Mrs. Harper   See fewer
Arthur Space
Mr. O'Neill Mr. O'Neill   See fewer
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Druggist (as Robert Emmet O'Connor) Druggist (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)   See fewer
Moroni Olsen
Judge Henderson Judge Henderson   See fewer
Erville Alderson
Al (uncredited) Al (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Aldrich
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
Ruth Brady
Nurse (uncredited) Nurse (uncredited)   See fewer
Chet Brandenburg
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
George Cleveland
Butch's Grandpa (uncredited) Butch's Grandpa (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Dillon
Sergeant (uncredited) Sergeant (uncredited)   See fewer
James Flavin
Baseball Stadium Policeman (uncredited) Baseball Stadium Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
John Gallaudet
Casey (uncredited) Casey (uncredited)   See fewer
Donald Kerr
Red Hots Vendor (uncredited) Red Hots Vendor (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Milasch
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
Dan Quigg
Ranger (uncredited) Ranger (uncredited)   See fewer
William McKeever Riley
Tommy (uncredited) Tommy (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Robinson
Derelict (uncredited) Derelict (uncredited)   See fewer
Sondra Rodgers
Mrs. O'Neill (uncredited) Mrs. O'Neill (uncredited)   See fewer
William Tannen
Larry Stewart (uncredited) Larry Stewart (uncredited)   See fewer
Ray Walker
Casey (uncredited) Casey (uncredited)   See fewer
Norman Willis
Chief of Police (uncredited) Chief of Police (uncredited)   See fewer
Bud Winters
Gatekeeper (uncredited) Gatekeeper (uncredited)   See fewer
Rudy Wissler
Rudy (uncredited) Rudy (uncredited)   See fewer
Marjorie Wood
Mrs. Johnstone (uncredited) Mrs. Johnstone (uncredited)   See fewer
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