Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.
Top billed cast
William BoydHopalong Cassidy
George 'Gabby' HayesWindy Halliday
Evelyn BrentLilli Marsh
Grant RichardsBob Claiborne
Morris AnkrumBlackie Felton
William JanneyBuddy Cassidy
Gail SheridanMary Saunders
John BeckBob Saunders, newspaper editor
Irving BaconPeg Leg Holden
Bill NestellBlacksmith Pete
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