

Hoppy clears Lucky on a charge of bank robbery and foils the plot of a crooked lawyer to rustle a herd of pedigree cattle and take over the valley.
Acting
William Boyd's impossibly upright Hoppy defines cowboy charisma.
Practical Effects
Real horses, real stunts, zero CGI — just dusty authenticity.

Director
Nate Watt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lee J. Cobb appears here years before becoming a Hollywood heavyweight — spot the future On the Waterfront star playing a low-rent heavy.
Hopalong Cassidy was so merchandisable that Boyd retired the character in 1952, then revived him for TV when he went broke — the original franchise zombie.