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Branded (1950)

Branded poster
Directed by
Rudolph Maté
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gunfighter hiding from the law pretends to be the missing son of a wealthy rancher. He gets drawn into family conflicts and must decide whether to keep up the lie or face the truth.

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What happens

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 the pen name Evan Evans. The plot concerns a gunfighter on the run from the law who poses as the long-lost son of a wealthy rancher. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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