Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.
Acting
Boyd's hilariously unconvincing 'Easterner' voice is pure camp.
Practical Effects
Real horseback stunts—no CGI, just guts and gravity.
Director
Lesley Selander
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Windy Halliday
Russell Hayden
Lucky Jenkins
Charlotte Wynters
Ann Marsh
Jan Clayton
Dorrie Marsh
Robert Fiske
Monte Keller
Kenneth Harlan
John Marsh
Kathryn Sheldon
Abigail Snodgrass
Maurice Cass
E. Prescott Furbush
Alphonse Ethier
Superintendent
Glenn Strange
Bouncer
Jack Rockwell
Stage Driver Bill (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of 66 Hopalong Cassidy films Boyd made—he later bought the rights and became 1950s television's first Western star, literally inventing the TV cowboy phenomenon.
Jan Clayton later starred as the original mother in 'Lassie'—from Western ranch to Timmy's well in just 15 years.
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