As I watched this film I couldn't help but see the 2020 election.
Hoppy (William Boyd) is a sheriff in a small western town and he's up for re-election. Into town rides Tad Hammond (Douglass Dumbbrille) whom Hoppy had arrested and had jailed. He's now out on parole.
Hammond gets all of the badmen Hoppy has run out of town and has them band together to stop farmers from voting so they can stuff the ballot box with votes for a gutless wonder named Jerry Doyle (Kirk Alyn).
They actually manage to throw the election so Hoppy, along with California Carlson (Andy Clyde) and Jimmy Rogers, plan to report the crooked election to the Governor. Helping them is a young woman named Kathryn reynolds (Louise Currie).
Everything comes to a head when Hoppy battles Tad on a swinging bridge. This scene alone is worth the price of admission. It's very well handled and quite shocking for a Hopalong Cassidy film.
The rest of the cast includes Glenn Strange, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Frazer and Bob Kortman.
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