Fool's Gold (1947)

The son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. Hoppy prevents this and brings the gang to justice.

Director:

George Archainbaud

Writers:

Doris Schroeder (screenplay), Clarence E. Mulford (based on characters created by)

Stars:

William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks

Cast

Complete credited cast:
William Boyd	...	Hopalong Cassidy
Andy Clyde	...	California Carlson
Rand Brooks	...	Lucky Jenkins
Robert Emmett Keane	...	Professor
Jane Randolph	...	Jessie
Steve Barclay	...	Bruce (as Stephen Barclay)
Harry Cording	...	Duke
Earle Hodgins	...	Sandler
Robert Bentley	...	Barton (as Bob Bentley)
William 'Wee Willie' Davis	...	Blackie
Forbes Murray	...	Col. Landy
Glen B. Gallagher	...	Lieutenant
Ben Corbett	...	Sergeant
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones	...	Speed

Storyline

In the 56th film of the 66 in the series (and the first one produced by William Boyd Productions instead of Harry Sherman), Hopalong Cassidy undertakes to help out his old friend, Army Colonel Jed Landry. The Colonel's hot-tempered son, Lieutenant Bruce Landry, has struck his commanding officer and is facing a court martial. Bruce deserts and is believed hiding at a robber's hideout-town known as Twin Buttes. Cassidy departs without telling his two pals, Lucky Jenkins and California Carlson, but they learn his destination and follow him. Hoppy arrives at Twin Buttes and attempts to register at the inn ran by Jessie Dixon but she is suspicious and refuses him a room. Cassidy makes friends with "Professor" Dixon, Jessie's father, and is given a room. Bruce is being kept in a hideout by a group of holdup men headed by Dixon, and has fallen in love with Jessie. She advises him to give himself up and face the Army court-martial, rather than participate in a series of shady deals engineered...

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Plot Keywords:

hopalong cassidy

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Taglines:

HOPPY TO THE RESCUE!...outshootin', outfightin', outridin' the West's worst badmen!

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1947 (USA)

Also Known As:

Twin Buttes

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hopalong Cassidy Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

63 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Wide Range System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The fifty-sixth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.

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Connections

Follows Renegade Trail (1939)

User Reviews

Peace and quiet

Peace and quiet is what Hoppy is after on his ranch until an old friend turns up wanting his help. But it's us viewers who get the 'peace and quiet,' as this is a very dull entry in the long running series of film and TV episodes.

Far too much talking and little action in this story as Hoppy goes undercover to get his friend's son back on the straight and narrow. To disagree with my esteemed fellow reviewer, Hoppy does fire his pistol in this but only to kill a deadly spider left in his bed by the villain! The evil Prof Dixon and his collection of spiders are the stars of this, sadly, we see very little of them except as incidental background until the finale.

Lots of horse riding here and there and the plot is padded out somewhat before we reach the fairly predictable ending. Still, Hoppy and his pals are there usual carefree selves, so, it's pretty amiable viewing if nothing else.