Saunders with his Cattlemen's Protective Agency is running roughshod over the ranchers. Lawyer Larry Kimball is fighting him but he needs a rancher that will stand up with him against Saunders. He finds him when Lou Gehrig retires from baseball to take up ranching. Lou expects to relax on his ranch but quickly joins Larry in the fight.
Acting
Lou Gehrig's endearingly wooden line delivery as himself.
Practical Effects
Genuine 1930s stunt horses and charmingly fake studio ranches.
Director
Ray Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Lou Gehrig's only feature film appearance, shot during his actual retirement year before his ALS diagnosis became public. The Yankees let him film during the 1938 offseason.
1938 audiences saw this as novelty casting—imagine if Tom Brady suddenly starred in a Netflix Western where he plays Tom Brady, retired goat farmer.
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