Trail Dust

Dec 11, 1936

1h 17m

★ 4.0

Hopalong Cassidy leads his daring men in a spectacular cattle drive to rescue the drought-famished plains country

Overview

Hoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from reaching a drought-stricken North.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Harry Sherman Productions

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Cast

Hopalong Cassidy

William Boyd

Johnny Nelson

James Ellison

Windy Halliday

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Tex Anderson

Morris Ankrum

Beth Clark

Gwynne Shipman

Lanky

Britt Wood

Red

Earl Askam

Waggoner

Dick Dickinson

Babson

Al Bridge

Hank

John Beach

Joe Wilson

Ted Adams

Borden

Dan Wolheim

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

Mar 11, 1943

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

5.8

Ghost Guns

Nov 17, 1944

Supernatural events on the range prompt an investigation by cowboy Brown in this western.

6.4

Angel and the Badman

Feb 15, 1947

Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.

5.6

Colt Comrades

Jun 18, 1943

Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself.

0.0

Silent Conflict

Mar 19, 1948

One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after being subjected to hypnosis.

6.5

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Mar 12, 1943

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.

5.0

The Eagle's Brood

Oct 25, 1935

When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.

6.0

Lumberjack

Apr 28, 1944

Julie's husband has been murdered and land agents want her to sign away her property rights. Hoppy warns against this but she does so anyway. It looks as though she will be unable to deliver the timber called for in her agreement. Hoppy has to make the lumber deal happened and solve the murder.

5.0

Bar 20 Justice

Jun 24, 1938

Hoppy's friend Dennis owns a rich gold mine. Frazier who owns the adjoining mine and wants the Dennis mine, has Dennis killed. Hoppy steps in to take over running the Dennis mine and learns Frazier's men sneak into and work the Dennis mine at night. Hoppy captures one of Frazier's men only to be captured in return by Frazier and left to die in a burning building.