Trail Dust

1936
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1h 17m

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William Boyd and James Ellison in Trail Dust (1936)

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

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William Boyd

Hopalong Cassidy

James Ellison

Johnny Nelson
(as Jimmy Ellison)

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Windy Halliday
(as George Hayes)

Morris Ankrum

Tex Anderson
(as Stephen Morris)

Gwynne Shipman

Beth Clark

Britt Wood

Lanky

Dick Dickson

Waggoner

Earl Askam

Al Bridge

Tom Babson

John Beach

Hank

Ted Adams

Joe Wilson

T.J. Halligan

Skinny
(as Tom Halligan)

Dan Wolheim

Borden
(as Don Wolkeim)

Harold Daniels

Lewis

Emmett Daly

George
(as Emmet Daly)

Al St. John

Kenneth Harlan

Bowman

George Chesebro

Saunders

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Trivia
This film received its initial Los Angeles telecast Saturday 21 August 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5); it first aired in Atlanta Saturday 16 April 1949 on WSB (Channel 8).

Quotes
Waggoner: What're you aiming to do?
Hopalong Cassidy: Shoot the next man that opens his mouth.
Waggoner: Why, if you think- -
[Hopalong shoots Waggoner in the arm]
Windy: Maybe somebody else would like to say something.

Connections
Followed by Borderland (1937)

Soundtracks
Wide Open Spaces
Music and Lyrics by Harry Tobias and Jack Stern
Played on guitar and sung by James Ellison and the cowboys
Reprised as background at the end

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9/10

The best Hoppy?

Hoppy, Windy and Johnny get the herd through to the starving townsfolk despite the best efforts of the bad guys to thwart them! Based on a Mulford novel, this one has a more interesting and solid plot than most series entries. The photography is awesome and the trail drive convincing.

Gabby (Windy) gets a chunkier role than usual - he even gets shot - James Ellison displays the requisite amount of charm as he woos Gwynne Shipman and Hoppy was never more authoritative. The sinister Morris Ankrum is just one of a formidable array of baddies - how could he be anything else? - and there are a couple of good songs, apparently sung by Ellison although I stand to be corrected.

This is high quality entertainment, possibly the best of the 66.