CAST: William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Field, Earle Hodgins, Billy King, Kenneth Harlan, Glenn Strange, James Craig, Bruce Mitchell, Willie Fung, George Morrell. 55 minutes. (An excellent Platinum Disc DVD).
COMMENT: For this one, Paramount has come right out and told us: "Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford." This is the formula used on all subsequent entries, unless otherwise noted.
Probably the shortest of all the Hoppies, this one runs only 55 minutes. Typically, all the action is saved for the last reel. Nate Watt, who directed six earlier entries, wrote the screenplay, while Lesley Selander held the megaphone here, assisted by Derwin Abrahams and Theodore Joos.
The production is certainly polished, but excruciatingly dull. Even Russell Harlan's photography fails to generate much excitement, even though a title card bravely informs us: "Filmed at Lone Pine, California, in the majestic shadow of Mt. Whitney."
COMMENT: For this one, Paramount has come right out and told us: "Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford." This is the formula used on all subsequent entries, unless otherwise noted.
Probably the shortest of all the Hoppies, this one runs only 55 minutes. Typically, all the action is saved for the last reel. Nate Watt, who directed six earlier entries, wrote the screenplay, while Lesley Selander held the megaphone here, assisted by Derwin Abrahams and Theodore Joos.
The production is certainly polished, but excruciatingly dull. Even Russell Harlan's photography fails to generate much excitement, even though a title card bravely informs us: "Filmed at Lone Pine, California, in the majestic shadow of Mt. Whitney."