Hopalong
Cassidy Enters(1935) VHS
And white-haired whitehat
William Boyd debuts as Clarence E. Mulford's veteran cowpoke whose limp
earned him the nickname "Hopalong" (and was rarely seen after this film),
in the first of over 60 movies made over 13 years. Here Boyd and the gang
of the Bar 20 Ranch must stop a crooked foreman's cattle-rustling pals
from starting a range war. With James Ellison, Charles Middleton and George
"Gabby" Hayes. 73 min.
Bar
20 Rides Again(1936) VHS
Hopalong Cassidy and his
Bar 20 cowpokes must pluck the plans of a chicken-hearted cattle rustler
named Purdue, who's out to make himself into a frontier Napoleon, in this
exciting sagebrush thriller. Jimmy Ellison, Harry Worth, and George "Gabby"
Hayes as "Windy" also star. 63 min.
Call
Of The Prairie(1936) VHS
The call is a cry for help
when a group of outlaws causes all sorts of trouble, and Hopalong Cassidy
and his pals are pressed into action to save the day. Jimmy Ellison, Muriel
Evans, "Gabby" Hayes and Chill Wills and the Avalon Boys also star. 65
min.
Hopalong
Cassidy Returns(1936) VHS
With a powerful and (for
a "Hoppy" film) brutal ending that puts it among the series' best, this
early entry finds Cassidy falling for glamorous dance hall owner Evelyn
Brent, unaware that she's the head of a ruthless gang of outlaws. With
"Gabby" Hayes, Stephen Morris (later Morris Ankrum). 74 min.
Three
On The Trail(1936) VHS
William Boyd's Hopalong
Cassidy jumps into action when a town's sheriff turns his head after a
group of cattle-rustling stagecoach thieves wreak havoc. Jimmy Ellison,
Onslow Stevens and "Gabby" Hayes also star. 67 min.
Trail
Dust(1936) VHS
There's plenty of dust--and
justice--kicked up when Hopalong Cassidy, "Gabby" Hayes and James Ellison
saddle up and take on some low-down rannies out to keep a cattle drive
from reaching its goal. Look for a pre-sidekick days Al St. John as one
of the bad guys. 77 min.
Borderland(1937)
VHS
What's this? Heroic Hopalong
Cassidy drinking and being mean to kids? Not to worry, Western fans--it's
all due to Hoppy's undercover identity, part of a scheme to flush out an
outlaw gang plaguing the border territories. "Gabby" Hayes and Jimmy Ellison
(in his final film in the series) co-star. 82 min.
Heart
Of The West(1937) VHS
You've gotta have "heart"
to be a Wild West rancher, but a little help from "Hoppy" won't hurt, either.
That's what frontierswoman Lynn Gabriel learns when Hopalong Cassidy and
pals Jimmy Ellison and Gabby Hayes help her save her spread from a rascally
neighbor. 63 min.
Hills
Of Old Wyoming(1937) VHS
These hills are alive--with
the sounds of a shady deputy who's using half-breed Indians to run his
cattle-rustling scheme. It's up to Hopalong Cassidy and sidekicks "Gabby"
Hayes and Russell Hayden to catch the owlhoots and smooth things between
cattlemen and Indians. 82 min.
Hopalong
Rides Again(1937) VHS
Hopalong Cassidy's got a
bone to pick with the head of a cattle-nabbing gang who poses as a paleontologist
to learn about the Bar 20's plans to move 1,000 head of cattle through
rustler territory. "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Harry Worth also star.
63 min.
North
Of The Rio Grande(1937) VHS
Odds are those directions'll
put you in Texas, pardner, and that's where Hopalong Cassidy finds himself
when he poses as an outlaw to bring in the crooks who killed his brother.
With Russell Hayden, "Gabby" Hayes, and Lee J. Cobb (his film debut). 67
min.
Rustler's
Valley(1937) VHS
It was the lawyer who really
pulled the bank job...and Hopalong Cassidy is determined to prove it, while
saving the ranch and the girl. With "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden and Agnes
Glenn. 58 min.
Texas
Trail(1937) VHS
Set during the Spanish-American
War, this unusual entry in the "Hopalong Cassidy" series finds Hoppy and
the Bar 20 boys helping out the Army by rounding up horses for the Rough
Riders to use. With Russell Hayden, "Gabby" Hayes. 59 min.
Bar
20 Justice(1938) VHS
Hopalong Cassidy won't be
able to do much hopping when he goes underground, helping a pretty mine
owner who's plagued by ore theft. Will Hoppy manage to give the bad guys
the shaft? With "Gabby" Hayes, Gwen Gaze. 68 min.
Cassidy
Of Bar 20(1938) VHS
That's "Cassidy" as in "Hopalong,"
pardner, who rides into danger when he helps an old flame whose ranch is
being terrorized by rustlers. Russell Hayden, Nora Lane, Robert Fiske also
star. 58 min.
Heart
Of Arizona(1938) VHS
Notorious lady outlaw Belle
Starr gets out of jail and tries to fly right as a rancher, but when things
go wrong only Hopalong Cassidy can set them right in this heartfelt frontier
drama. "Gabby" Hayes, Natalie Moorhead also star. 68 min.
In
Old Mexico(1938) VHS
It's anything but a "fiesta"
when Hopalong Cassidy, "Gabby" Hayes and Russell Hayden head south of the
border and have to solve a friend's murder in this frontier whodunit. With
Jane Clayton. 68 min.
Partners
Of The Plains(1938) VHS
One of the stronger installments
of his series finds Hopalong Cassidy lending his services to an English
lady who has inherited a ranch and taking care of her pesky little villain
problem. Harvey Clark, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze also star.
Pride
Of The West(1938) VHS
A stagecoach robbery sends
Hopalong Cassidy and pals Windy and Lucky on a hunt for the culprits. The
clues point to a shady land baron named Nixon, but how could anyone named
Nixon be a crook? "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, James Craig also star.
54 min.
The
Frontiersman(1938) VHS
When schoolmarm Evelyn Venable
and her charges (played by the St. Brendan Boys Choir) are threatened by
perennial B-western bad guy Roy Barcroft and his gang of cattle thieves,
Hopalong Cassidy and sidekicks "Gabby" Hayes and Russell Hayden show them
that, on the frontier, the three R's stand for "Ropin' Rascally Rustlers."
75 min.
Law
Of The Pampas(1939) VHS
The action is extremely
south of the border--all the way down in Argentina, to be precise--when
Hopalong Cassidy and sidekicks Lucky (Russell Hayden) and Fernando (Sidney
Toler) travel there to deliver cattle and wind up foiling a shifty ranch
foreman's romantic schemes. Sidney Blackmer, Steffi Duna also star. 71
min.
Range
War(1939) VHS
Angry cattlemen have united
in an effort to make sure the railroad doesn't come through...and Hopalong
Cassidy must saddle up and ride into the fray if peace on the prairie is
going to be kept. Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Betty Moran also star. 66
min.
Silver
On The Sage(1939) VHS
When rustlers pillage the
herds on the Bar 20 Ranch, Hopalong Cassidy goes undercover as an Eastern
dude in a local gambling den whose owner is part of an elaborate cattle-stealing
scheme. With Ruth Rogers, Stanley Ridges, "Gabby" Hayes. 68 min.
Sunset
Trail(1939) VHS
When a rancher is murdered,
Hopalong Cassidy goes undercover as an Eastern dude in order to flush out
the rannies responsible in this hard-ridin "Hoppy" oater. With "Gabby"
Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters.
Hidden
Gold(1940) VHS
Actually, the gold's out
in the open, as are the villainous plans of the rannies who swipe it from
miners and stagecoaches. Before you can say "Eureka!," though, Hopalong
Cassidy and Russell Hayden show up to deliver some 24-karat justice. With
Britt Wood, Ruth Rogers, Roy Barcroft.
Santa
Fe Marshal(1940) VHS
Every December 24th he comes
down the jailhouse chimney and...oh, wait, that's the Santa Claus Marshal.
Hopalong Cassidy knows who's naughty and nice, however, when he rides into
town in the guise of a medicine show member to break up an outlaw ring.
With Russell Hayden, Marjorie Rambeau, Britt Wood. 66 min.
Stagecoach
War(1940) VHS
What's worse than a gang
of stagecoach robbers? How about a gang of singing stagecoach robbers?
It's a musical war on the prairie, and only Hopalong Cassidy can change
these outlaws' tune. With Russell Hayden, Julie Carter. 60 min.
The
Showdown(1940) VHS
A European villain is pulling
the strings of a horse-stealing operation, and Hopalong Cassidy and sidekick
Russell Hayden are ready for a showdown for justice. With Morris Ankrum,
Jan Clayton; look for B-oater hero Kermit Maynard. 65 min.
Three
Men From Texas(1940) VHS
The men are Hopalong Cassidy,
Russell Hayden and Andy Clyde, and their mission in this frontier actioner
is to keep bad guy Morris Ankrum from gaining control of the Texas-Mexico
border. 77 min.
Border
Vigilantes(1941) VHS
The vigilantes are hired
to help a mining town save its silver from being hijacked by a passel of
blackhats, but it's up to Hopalong Cassidy and his compadres Lucky and
California to uncover the connection between the two groups and save the
miners' strike. Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Victor Jory also star. 66 min.
Doomed
Caravan(1941) VHS
That's just what damsel-in-distress
Minna Gombell's wagon line will be, thanks to the nefarious schemes of
some rascally businessmen out to corner the wagon train business, unless
Hopalong Cassidy can save the day. With Andy Clyde, Russell Hayden, Morris
Ankrum. 62 min.
In
Old Colorado(1941) VHS
With hard-working ranch
owner Ma Woods about to lose her spread thanks to her foreman's underhanded
doings, it's up to Hopalong Cassidy and his pals to save the day. With
Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Margaret Hayes. 64 min.
Outlaws
Of The Desert(1941) VHS
The Wild West meets the
Middle East when Hopalong Cassidy, Andy Clyde and Brad King are sent to
Arabia to buy horses and wind up getting mixed up with a sheik and foiling
a kidnapping scheme. Look for future "Cisco Kid" Duncan Renaldo as "Sheik
Suleiman." 68 min.
Pirates
On Horseback(1941) VHS
A gambling tycoon attempts
to defraud a cowpoke causing Hopalong Cassidy, Lucky Jenkins and California
to come to his defense. A highlight of the sagebrush saga is a terrific
fistfight between Hoppy and the gambler. Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde and
Morris Ankrum co-star. 69 min.
Riders
Of The Timberline(1941) VHS
Hopalong Cassidy heads off
a bunch of pesky Easterners who are trying to take over some valuable land
(Just who do they think they are, anyway?). He also manages to stop them
from blowing up a dam. With Brad King, Andy Clyde and J. Farrell McDonald.
Secrets
Of The Wasteland(1941) VHS
It's no secret that Hopalong
Cassidy will always fight on the side of the right, as seen here when he
and sidekicks Brad King and Andy Clyde help a group of Chinese immigrants
settle their land and fend up some scurrilous saddlesores out to swindle
them out of a gold mine claim. With Soo Young, Barbara Britton. 53 min.
Stick
To Your Guns(1941) VHS
That's just what Hopalong
Cassidy and the Bar 20 gang do when one their friends has trouble with
rustlers raiding his ranch in this hard-hitting Hoppy tale. With Brad King,
Andy Clyde, Jacqueline Holt, and Tom London as "Waffles." 63 min.
Twilight
On The Trail(1941) VHS
It's more like "Tea Time
on the Trail," because Hopalong Cassidy and sidekicks Andy Clyde and Brad
King are posing as English detectives as they try to uncover who's been
rustling cattle from their rancher pals. With Jack Rockwell, Wanda McKay,
and The Jimmy Wakely Trio. 56 min.
Wide
Open Town(1941) VHS
It's not tourism and coffee
bars, but rustling, gambling and other illegal activities that keep this
town open, until Hopalong Cassidy, Andy Clyde and Russell Hayden ride in
to straighten things up and close down the crooks. With Evelyn Brent as
villainous Belle Langtry. 79 min.
Prairie
Pals(1942) VHS
A scientist in a "B" Western?
Why not? Cowboys have fought Indians, fought locusts, fought Dix...you
remember Richard Dix, don't you? So in this Bill "Cowboy Rambler" Boyd
outing, some deputies try to free a kidnapped scientist. Art Davis, Kermit
Maynard and Lee Powell also star. 60 min.
Raiders
Of The West(1942) VHS
Posing as entertainers,
two range detectives are hired by a leader of a gang of outlaws and are
soon captured by the authorities. A friend of theirs tries to get them
out of the predicament in this western saga. With Bill Boyd, Art Davis
and Lee Powell.
Undercover
Man(1942) VHS
There's trouble brewing
along the U.S.-Mexico border, and it's up to Hopalong Cassidy to go (what
else?) undercover and learn who's stirring up ill feelings with a series
of robberies. Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Antonio Moreno co-star. 59 min.
Bar
20(1943) VHS
The title, as every good
western fan knows, refers to Hopalong Cassidy's ranch, and in this action-packed
oater Hoppy's plans to buy some cattle for his spread hit a snag when he
first must corral a gang of stagecoach robbers. Helping Cassidy are Andy
Clyde and future Superman George Reeves; with Victor Jory, Dustin Farnum
and Robert Mitchum (playing a good guy for once). 58 min.
Border
Patrol(1943) VHS
Texas Ranger Hopalong Cassidy
tries to stop a ruthless mine owner who uses Mexicans illegally as slave
laborers. Andy Clyde, Russell Simpson, Duncan Renaldo and a debuting Robert
Mitchum star. 65 min.
Colt
Comrades(1943) VHS
No, it's not another book
about the old days of Baltimore football by Art Donovan. It's Hopalong
Cassidy and sidekick Andy Clyde as oil prospectors whose discovery of an
underground well threatens bad guy Victor Jory's local water monopoly.
Look for George Reeves and Robert Mitchum in early screen roles.
False
Colors(1943) VHS
A friend of Hopalong Cassidy
is murdered by some owlhoots and replaced by a substitute so the bad guys
can claim a ranch and its water rights. Can Hoppy expose the impostor and
bring the killers to justice? With Andy Clyde, Douglas Dumbrille, Robert
Mitchum and Jimmy Rogers (Will's son) as himself. 64 min.
Hoppy
Serves A Writ(1943) VHS
That is, if bad guy Robert
Mitchum will let him! Hoppy's a Texas sheriff who must figure out a way
to lure the outlaw Jordan Brothers gang (whose members include Victor Jory,
George Reeves, and a young Mitchum) out of Oklahoma so they can be brought
to justice. Andy Clyde also stars. 70 min.
Lost
Canyon(1943) VHS
When Hopalong Cassidy's
friend Breezy is wrongly accused of robbing a bank and flees into the hills,
Hoppy rides into town to prove his buddy's innocence and catch the real
crooks. With Jay Kirby, Andy Clyde and Lola Lane.
Riders
Of The Deadline(1943) VHS
No, it's not the Movies
Unlimited catalog writers on horseback! It's Hopalong Cassidy and the Bar
20 Ranch gang saddling up to clear a young man after he gets mixed up with
gamblers. With Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, and a young Robert Mitchum as
a bad guy. 72 min.
Texas
Masquerade(1943) VHS
It's not a frontier Halloween
party, but Hopalong Cassidy and Andy Clyde nonetheless give some two-fisted
"treats" to a gang of masked riders out to "trick" local ranchers out of
their land. With Jimmy Rogers, Don Castello. 57 min.
The
Leather Burners(1943) VHS
No, it's not kids putting
their dads' initials on wallets for Christmas gifts: it's fast-paced frontier
action as Hopalong Cassidy and Andy Clyde attempt to get the goods on a
scheming rustler who's turned an abandoned mine into an underground cattle
pen. With Victor Jory, George Givot, and early appearances by Robert Mitchum
and George Reeves. 67 min.
Forty
Thieves(1944) VHS
He's no Ali Baba, but Hopalong
Cassidy needs no magic words to deal with the two score of gunslingers
a crooked town boss brings in to tangle with the black-clad hero, who was
ousted from his sheriff job in a rigged election (no, this one's not set
in Florida!). With Andy Clyde, Douglass Dumbrille and future screen Superman
Kirk Alyn. 58 min.
Lumberjack(1944)
VHS
Hopalong Cassidy is more
than just "O.K." when he heads up to the High Sierras to make sure a logging
company owner's widow can fulfill her contracts and get the timber delivered
on time. Not only that, he finds her husband's killers, to boot! With Ellen
Hall, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers. 65 min.
The
Mystery Man(1944) VHS
With that all-black outfit,
it's no mystery that the man is Hopalong Cassidy. Here he's a rancher who
whips out his pistols and his fists to deal with some rascally rustlers.
With Andy Clyde and Jimmy Rogers.
Devil's
Playground(1946) VHS
The title refers to a canyon
that's said to be haunted, but when they're called in to investigate a
bank robbery and attempted murder, Hopalong Cassidy and his compadres will
show the bad guys they don't stand a ghost of a chance. Andy Clyde, Rand
Brooks, Elaine Riley also star. 68 min.
Fool's
Gold(1946) VHS
That's "iron pyrite" to
you geology buffs, and the only ones getting "fooled" in this Hopalong
Cassidy sagebrush drama are the owlhoots trying to lead the son of Hoppy's
Army buddy into a life of crime, until Cassidy sets him straight. With
Andy Clyde, Jane Randolph, Stephen Barclay. 63 min.
Dangerous
Venture(1947) VHS
An archeological dig uncovers
a fortune in gold at a Native American burial site, but some rannies plan
to make off with the treasure by staging raids while dressed in Indian
garb. Can Hopalong Cassidy prove the Indians' innocence and corral the
crooks? With Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Betty Alexander. 52 min.
False
Paradise(1947) VHS
What's "false" in this western
is the spiel that a slick-tongued banker gives a retired professor and
his daughter so he and his criminal colleagues can buy their silver-rich
land for a song. It's up to Hopalong Cassidy, Lucky and California to teach
the crooks that they're "livin' in an owlhoots' paradise." With Andy Clyde,
Rand Brooks, Cliff Clark. 60 min.
Hoppy's
Holiday(1947) VHS
Aren't folks supposed to
relax on a holiday? Apparently no one told that to Hopalong Cassidy
and sidekicks Andy Clyde and Rand Brooks, because their vacation trip to
Mesa City has them dealing with bank robbers who make their getaway with
one of them thar newfangled horseless carriages! With Leonard Penn, Jeff
Corey. 62 min.
The
Marauders(1947) VHS
One of the last--and best--of
the "Hopalong Cassidy" westerns finds black-hatted hero William Boyd and
compadres Andy Clyde and Rand Brooks settling the score with a band of
murderous owlhoots who've driven a whole frontier town out so they can
dig for oil. With Ian Wolfe, Mary Newton. 64 min.
Unexpected
Guest(1947) VHS
The western action is mixed
with mystery in this Hopalong Cassidy tale. When members of California's
family, gathered at the estate of a late relative to claim their inheritance,
begin turning up murdered, it's up to Cassidy to find the enigmatic killer.
With Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Una O'Connor. 60 min.
Borrowed
Trouble(1948) VHS
A teacher who protests the
building of a saloon near her schoolhouse is kidnapped and Hopalong Cassidy
must ride to the rescue. With Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks and Helen Chapman.
58 min.
Silent
Conflict(1948) VHS
When one of Hopalong Cassidy's
cowhands falls under the spell of a hypnotist and gets involved with some
dubious activities, Hoppy is put on the spot to try to stop him and his
new pals. Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks and Don Haggerty co-star. 60 min.
Sinister
Journey(1948) VHS
It's indeed a sinister--and
dangerous--journey for Hopalong Cassidy when he has to go undercover to
bring a band of murderous outlaws to justice. Also stars Andy Clyde, Rand
Brooks. 60 min.
Strange
Gamble(1948) VHS
William Boyd made his final
screen appearance as Hopalong Cassidy with this frontier thriller which
finds Hoppy and sidekicks Lucky and California hot on the trail of a counterfeiting
ring working in Silver City. Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley also
star. 64 min.
The
Dead Don't Dream(1948) VHS
When three dead people turn
up at a frontier hotel, it's up to Hopalong Cassidy to chase down the killers.
Instead of meeting Hoppy in the center of town at high noon, however, the
bad guys lead him through dark, closed-in alleys at night (a western noir?).
Andy Clyde and Rand Brooks also star.