Doomed Caravan

Jan 10, 1941

1h 2m

★ 3.5

"So the great Hopalong Cassidy is yellow, eh?" BUT IS HE?

Overview

Stephen Westcott and Ed Martin scheme to put Jane Travers' wagon line out of business. They want to use it take over all the wagon- train traffic going west. Hoppy, California and Lucky must make sure that doesn't happen.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Harry Sherman Productions

Doomed Caravan Trailers

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Cast

Hopalong Cassidy

William Boyd

Lucky Jenkins

Russell Hayden

California Carlson

Andy Clyde

Jane Travers

Minna Gombell

Stephen Westcott

Morris Ankrum

Diana Westcott

Georgia Ellis

Ed Martin

Trevor Bardette

Jim Ferber

Pat J. O'Brien

Pete Gregg

Ray Bennett

Don Pedro

José Luis Tortosa

Bar 20 Hand

John Beach

Luke

Fred Burns

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

5.5

The Oregon Trail

Aug 31, 1959

In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.

0.0

The Vanishing Pioneer

Jun 23, 1928

A western settlement of pioneer descendants is threatened with the loss of its water supply through the encroachments of nearby townspeople.

5.2

Cyclone of the Saddle

Apr 3, 1935

Sent by the Army, Andy Thomas poses as a renegade to find out who has been harassing the wagon trains.

6.0

West of Wyoming

Feb 19, 1950

The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) to prevent the opening up of the rang to homesteaders. Government agent Brown comes calling when Simon begins resorting to cold-blooded murder. The leading lady is Gail Davis, a few years shy of her Annie Oakley TV stardom. Surprisingly, West of Wyoming contains none of the comedy relief that had characterized earlier Johnny Mack Brown oaters.

4.0

The Frontiersmen

Dec 16, 1938

The local school is causing Hoppy problems. First Bar 20 cattle are stolen when Hoppy investigates a problem there. Then the new teacher arrives and disrupts the routine of the Bar 20 hands. Later with the Bar 20 hands at graduation, the rustlers are poised to strike again. But there is dissension among them and this will lead to the break that Hoppy needs.

3.0

In Old Mexico

Sep 9, 1938

Escaped criminal "The Fox" hates Hoppy and a Rurales colonel for imprisoning him and lures Cassidy to Mexico in order to exact his vengeance.

4.0

Pride of the West

Jul 7, 1938

Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure, Mary sends for Hoppy who finds the stolen money and sets a trap to bring in the entire gang.

4.0

Law of the Pampas

Nov 3, 1939

Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a heard of cattle. Bay guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.

4.0

Range War

Sep 8, 1939

Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from completing its line through their property. Till now they have been able to charge tolls on herds passing through. Hoppy goes undercover to expose them.

4.0

Renegade Trail

Jul 25, 1939

Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. King's Men songs include: "Hi Thar Stranger" and "Lazy Rolls the Rio Grande."

3.0

Silver on the Sage

Mar 31, 1939

Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino owner, the other a rancher) and Hoppy believes they provide alibis for each other while one is out committing crimes. Hoppy gets a job in the casino to learn more but is exposed when a gambling gunslinger notices him.

5.3

Santa Fe Marshal

Jan 26, 1940

U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.

4.5

Three on the Trail

Apr 14, 1936

An evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hoppy must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.

6.0

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Oct 16, 1936

A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.

5.5

Hopalong Rides Again

Aug 20, 1937

On a cattle drive Hoppy, camp cook Windy, companion Lucky, and young Artie Peters encounter an eccentric professor. The professor professes to be searching for the evolutionary missing link, but in reality he is a cattle rustler who uses his dynamite to scatter the cattle in order capture some of them. Hoppy and Bar 20 guys ultimately capture the professor.

5.5

North of the Rio Grande

Jun 28, 1937

Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.

4.0

Heart of the West

Feb 24, 1936

Problems come in the form of one of Hopalong Cassidy's neighbors, but the matter is settled when Hoppy roots out the troublemaker.

5.0

Texas Trail

Nov 26, 1937

The U.S. Army needs more horses for the Spanish-American War. Hoppy must turn his Bar 20 cowhands into Rough Riders to gather up the horses, and of course bad guys try to sabotage the operation.

5.0

Borderland

Feb 26, 1937

Hoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to children) to track down a bunch of outlaws operating along the border. Loco, the head bad guy, deflects suspicion from himself by pretending to be a moron.