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The fastest Hoppy ever punched timber barons AND solved a murder in 65 minutes flat.
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Lumberjack (1944)

Saturday matinee energyB-movie efficiencyTimber-scam noir

Overview

Western

Julie's husband has been murdered and land agents want her to sign away her property rights. Hoppy warns against this but she does so anyway. It looks as though she will be unable to deliver the timber called for in her agreement. Hoppy has to make the lumber deal happened and solve the murder.

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Content warning
Land rights exploitationCorporate greed vs. frontier justiceWidow vulnerabilityContract law with bullets

Standout Aspects

Acting

William Boyd's effortless moral authority as Hoppy.

Editing

Ruthless 65-minute runtime—no scene survives without plot purpose.

Best for:Solo: Perfect laundry-folding Western that respects your time.·Background: You can miss 10 minutes and still track the lumber fraud.
Lesley Selander

Director

Lesley Selander

ReleasedApr 28, 1944
Runtime1h 5m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight
United Artists
Harry Sherman Productions

Top Cast

William Boyd

William Boyd

Hopalong Cassidy

Andy Clyde

Andy Clyde

California Carlson

Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Daniel J. Keefer

Ellen Hall

Ellen Hall

Julie Peters Jordan

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

Clyde Fenwick

Ethel Wales

Ethel Wales

Abbey Peters

Hal Taliaferro

Hal Taliaferro

Taggart

Charles Morton

Charles Morton

Big Joe Williams

Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson

Buck Peters

Frances Morris

Frances Morris

Mrs. Williams

John Whitney

John Whitney

Benton C. Jordan

Jack Rockwell

Jack Rockwell

Sheriff Miles

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Lumberjack arrived during Hopalong Cassidy's 1944 peak, when William Boyd's 66 films were being recut for television—this B-western formula would soon colonize Saturday morning TV for decades.

Trivia

Director Lesley Selander shot over 100 Westerns; he reportedly filmed Lumberjack in under a week using standing Republic Pictures lumber camp sets left over from a bigger production.

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