Riders of the Deadline

Dec 3, 1943

1h 10m

★ 3.7

Where There's "HOPPY" There's...Action!

Overview

When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

United Artists

Harry Sherman Productions

Riders of the Deadline Trailers

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Cast

Ranger William "Hopalong" Cassidy

William Boyd

Ranger "California" Carlson

Andy Clyde

Ranger Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers

Sue Mason

Frances Woodward

"Gunner" Madigan

Anthony Warde

Simon Crandall

William Halligan

Tim Mason

Richard Crane

Ranger Captain Jennings

Herbert Rawlinson

Lead Henchman Drago

Robert Mitchum

Sheriff Gilchrist

Hugh Prosser

Henchman Tex

Jack Rockwell

Sourdough

Earle Hodgins

Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.

0.0

Secret of the Wastelands

Nov 15, 1941

Hoppy is leading a scientific expedition and the Chinese who have a hidden settlement nearby are trying to stop them. Saulters and his outlaw gang are also in the area looking for a gold mine. When Saulters men attack, the gold mine is found. Hoppy agrees to file for the Chinese and heads after Saulters in the chase to the land office.

4.0

Mystery Man

May 31, 1944

Hoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.

0.0

Hoppy's Holiday

Jul 18, 1947

Hoppy, California, and Lucky travel to Mesa City for a short vacation. California buys new clothes and carrying his old ones in a suitcase, bumps into escaping bank robbers in the dark. His suitcase gets switched with that of the robbers and he is seen with the money. Hoppy must find the money that has mysteriously disappeared and also the robbers so that he can clear California who is now in jail.

0.0

Texas Masquerade

Feb 8, 1944

A young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy, California and Jimmy in completing his mission to his woman cousin's ranch in Texas. The ranch, as are others in the same area, is being plagued by a gang called the Night Riders, while the friendly local town lawyer is trying to cajole the cousin into selling out to him. Hoppy begins by arriving in the town, separate from his pals, all spiffed up and dandified, posing as the Eastern lawyer...

0.0

The Marauders

Jul 1, 1947

Hoppy, California and Lucky take refuge from a storm inside a supposedly abandoned church outside a ghost town, only to meet a young woman and her mother there, then find themselves surrounded by a gang of "workmen" intent on tearing down the church if they have to kill the five to do it.

0.0

Strange Gamble

Oct 8, 1948

Hoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexican money; his only clues are the name "Mordigan" and a drawing of a comet. He quickly finds out that Mordigan is the town "boss"; but what or who is "the comet", and why are Mordigan and his henchmen intent on persecuting a young woman, her drunken brother, and her deathly ill sister-in-law who've also just arrived in town?

5.0

Twilight on the Trail

Sep 29, 1941

Hoppy, California and Johnny come to the ranch of a friend and his daughter, disguised as dude detectives from the east, to investigate the disappearances, without a trace, of several herds of cattle.

0.0

Outlaws of the Desert

Nov 1, 1941

Hoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a sheik and a harem and a kidnapping plot.

5.0

Lost Canyon

Dec 18, 1942

Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the Sheriff arrives and arrests him for hiding Johnny who has been accused of robbery.

3.8

Bar 20

Oct 1, 1943

Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.