Strange Gamble

Strange Gamble

61 mins | Western | 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?

Strange Gamble

61 mins | Western | Oct. 8, 1948

Strange Gamble
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?
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Hopalong Cassidy Productions Inc.
Original title Strange Gamble
Directors George Archainbaud
Writers Clarence E. Mulford, Doris Schroeder

Cast

William Boyd

as Hopalong Cassidy

Andy Clyde

as California Carlson

Rand Brooks

as Lucky Jenkins

Elaine Riley

as Nora Murray

James Craven

as Mordigan

Robert B. Williams

as Henchman Pete Walters

Alberto Morin

as Ramon De Lara, faro dealer

Joel Friedkin

as Dr. White

Francis McDonald

as Henchman Longhorn

Lee Tung Foo

as Wong

Herbert Rawlinson

as John Murray

William F. Leicester

as Sid Murray

Joan Barton

as Mary Murray

Dewey Robinson

as Joe, the bartender