Undercover Man (1942)

A bandit who robs both Americans and Mexicans is causing each side of the border to blame the other. Hoppy has to settle matters.

Director:

Lesley Selander

Writers:

J. Benton Cheney (screenplay), Clarence E. Mulford (based on characters by)

Stars:

William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby

Cast

Complete credited cast:
William Boyd	...	'Hopalong' Cassidy
Andy Clyde	...	California Carlson
Jay Kirby	...	'Breezy' Travers
Antonio Moreno	...	Don Tomas Gonzales
Nora Lane	...	Doña Louise Saunders
Chris-Pin Martin	...	Miguel
Esther Estrella	...	Dolores Gonzales
John Vosper	...	Deputy Ed Carson
Eva Puig	...	Rosita Lopez
Alan Baldwin	...	Bob Saunders
Jack Rockwell	...	Captain John Hawkins
Pierce Lyden	...	Henchman Bart
Tony Roux	...	Chavez

Storyline

Hoppy is sent for to see if he can find the outlaw gang working both sides of the border. The gang leader, sometimes dressed as Hoppy and sometimes as Gonzales, has the two sides suspecting each other. But finding an old wanted poster, Hoppy sets a trap.

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Plot Keywords:

gang | border | outlaw | mexican | wanted poster | 

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Taglines:

'HOPPY" STRIKES AGAIN (original print ad-all caps)

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Guldrøverne fra Mexico

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Harry Sherman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

68 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Wide Range System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The forty-fourth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.

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Connections

Followed by False Colors (1943)

User Reviews

Nice and Breezy

Yet another good b Western from William Boyd and the team – but Hoppy and California have a new partner for the next half a dozen movies in Breezy – a proto-Audie Murphy in 1942.

A gang of mysterious raiders is robbing and looting on both sides of the US-Mexican border, seemingly getting plenty of information of where the next rich pickings will be. Hopalong & Co. come along to stop awhile at the Gonzalez hacienda, their mission to stop the hold ups and find out who's leaking the information to the baddies in the first place. Breezy's brief fling with Gonzalez's daughter is flung out of the script early while California supplies the comedy by proving yet again he has an enormous appetite, his love-life depending on it though! There's some nice countryside to be seen even when full of horses and men, and the general production was good for the type of film. The WW2 Good Neighbour policy was heavily pushed, but surely better than todays To Hell With The Neighbours policy? Favourite bits: Hoppy and Gonzalez (I wonder if one of them won the chess match) and their coteries chasing one another confusedly each thinking the other was the guilty party; following Bob to the bandits nest on a lovely evening.

It's my kind of undemanding low to middlebrow fun - one I can watch till the cows come home.