Monday, September 26, 2022

STRANGE GAMBLE 1948 (PLATINUM)

This was the final of 66 Hopalong Cassidy movies, and it's a good one.

Hoppy (William Boyd), California Carlson (Andy Clyde) and Lucky Jenkins (Rand Brooks) are working for the US Government and hunting for the leader of a huge counterfeiting ring.

The phoney money is both US currency and Mexican money as well which also brings in Ramon De Lara (Alberto Morin) who Hoppy mistakes for one of the gang he's investigating.

The film moves along at a breakneck pace and it never slows down. There is plenty of gunfighting, fistfighting and horse chases. Hoppy and his men finally break the scheme and all ends well.

Cassidy remains one of the best role models for kids everywhere and it is quite a legacy to leave. Too bad they cannot make films with people like William Boyd anymore.

I recommend this little film to any westerns fan. The rest of the cast includes Elaine Riley, James Cravin, Herbert Rawlinson, Lee Tong Foo and Francis McDonald.

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