The fortieth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.
This is one of 54 Hopalong Cassidy features produced by Harry Sherman, initially distributed by Paramount Pictures from 1935-1941, and then by United Artists 1942-1944, which were purchased by their star William Boyd for nationally syndicated television presentation beginning in 1948 and continuing thereafter for many years, as a result of their phenomenal success. Each feature was re-edited to 54 minutes so as to comfortably fit into a 60 minute time slot, with six minutes for commercials. It was not until 50 years later that, with the cooperation of Mrs. Boyd. i.e. Grace Bradley, that they were finally restored to their original length with their original opening and closing credits intact.
This film received its initial Los Angeles telecast Friday 10 December 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5); it first aired in Atlanta Saturday 19 February 1949 on WSB (Channel 8), in Fort Worth Saturday 14 May 1949 on WBAP (Channel 5), and in Boston Sunday 24 July 1949 on WBZ (Channel 4).
Final film of Luli Deste,