''Lumberjack'' is a 1944 American

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film directed by

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Cast

* William Boyd as

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as 'California' Carlson *

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as Jimmy Rogers *

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as Daniel J. Keefer *

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as Julie Peters Jordan *

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as Clyde Fenwick *

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as Aunt Abbey Peters *

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as Henchman Taggart * Charles Morton as Big Joe Williams *

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as Buck Peters * Frances Morris as Mrs. Williams *John Whitney as Ben Jordan *

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as Sheriff Miles

Plot summary

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. 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.Cozard, W. Lee, More Magnificent Mountain Movies, page 91, W. Lee Cozad

Soundtrack

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

References

External links

* * 1944 films 1944 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films set in forests Hopalong Cassidy films Films scored by Paul Sawtell Films directed by Lesley Selander 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub