Byron Douglas, daughter Duane Thompson, and would-be husband Leo White are on their way to Nelson McDowell's dude ranch when they are held up by Ams Judd and his thugs. Fortunately, they are rescued by Ted Wells, a wealthy broker who prefers his summer vacation of punching cows. McDowell knows who he is, but keeps mumchance about him being wealthy and all, and Wells settles in as their guide, being rejected by Miss Thompson, despite rescuing her and her father a couple more times. It's not until he shows up at a dance, rescues all the rich millionaires from Judd, and is revealed as a rich man that she gives him a tumble.

Wells was one of Universal's second-tier western stars, and the general purge later that year relegated him to the mass of B players: uncredited bits, stuntwork, and being Tyrone Powers' double in one movie. He died in 1948 at the age of 48.

It's no great shakes as a western, but Wells dos look good dressed in a tuxedo riding his horse. Also, the pace of the film is pretty good, especially when compared with Gower Gulch westerns in 1935.

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Ted Wells and Leo White in Born to the Saddle (1929)

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