Lumberjack (film)

Lumberjack is a 1944 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander.

Lumberjack
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lesley Selander
Written by	Clarence E. Mulford (characters) Norman Houston (screenplay) Barry Shipman (screenplay)
Produced by	Lewis J. Rachmil (associate producer) Harry Sherman (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Russell Harlan
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Release date	28 April 1944 (1944-04-28)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Buck Peters, the owner of the Bar-20 Ranch, tells Hoppy to stop his daughter, Julie, from eloping. Hoppy is too late to stop the wedding, but he arrives in time to see Julie's husband murdered.^[1]

The widowed bride hires Hoppy to find her husband's murderer, and save her new home from land grabbers. While protecting Julie's High Sierras' land Hoppy must climb down a rope onto a dangerous log dam.^[2]

Cast

• William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy
• Andy Clyde as 'California' Carlson
• Jimmy Rogers as Jimmy Rogers
• Douglass Dumbrille as Daniel J. Keefer
• Ellen Hall as Julie Peters Jordan
• Francis McDonald as Clyde Fenwick
• Ethel Wales as Aunt Abbey Peters
• Hal Taliaferro as Henchman Taggart
• Charles Morton as Big Joe Williams
• Herbert Rawlinson as Buck Peters
• Frances Morris as Mrs. Williams
• John Whitney as Ben Jordan
• Jack Rockwell as Sheriff Miles

Soundtrack

• "The Place Your Heart Calls Home" (Written by Ozie Waters and Forrest Johnson)