Sunset Trail

"CASSIDY PLAYS AN UNDERCOVER GAME!"

1939 1h 9m EN

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6.3

MID

★6.3TMDB · 3

AdventureWestern

Synopsis

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Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.

“CASSIDY PLAYS AN UNDERCOVER GAME!”

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Cast

William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Windy Halliday
Russell Hayden
Lucky Jenkins
Charlotte Wynters
Ann Marsh
Jan Clayton
Dorrie Marsh
Robert Fiske
Monte Keller
Kenneth Harlan
John Marsh
Anthony Nace
Steve Dorman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lesley Selander
Writers: Norman Houston
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Fun facts 🍿

1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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87 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Hopalong Cassidy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert B. Warwick Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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William Boyd and George 'Gabby' Hayes and Russell Hayden carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "CASSIDY PLAYS AN UNDERCOVER GAME!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0030812 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lesley Selander directs. Robert B. Warwick Jr. cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
287 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Hopalong Cassidy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Robert B. Warwick Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5William Boyd and George 'Gabby' Hayes and Russell Hayden carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "CASSIDY PLAYS AN UNDERCOVER GAME!".
7IMDB entry: tt0030812 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Robert B. Warwick Jr.
Runtime: 69 min · 1h 9m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Sunset Trail (1939)

Part of

Hopalong Cassidy Collection

All films featuring the character Hopalong Cassidy, played by actor William Boyd.

Also by

Lesley Selander

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-02-25
★ 6/10
When a stagecoach is robbed and a passenger murdered, the boss of the company asks his pal “Hoppalong” (William Boyd) and his friend “Windy” (‘Gabby’ Hayes) to travel, incognito, to get to the bottom of things. We know that “Keller” (Robert Fiske) is the man behind the crimes and that he has stolen $30,000 from the now dead husband of “Ann” (Charlotte Wynters) but he is not expecting this great milk-sop of a dandy to arrive replete with bow-tie, and so “Hoppy” is able to infiltrate the town and observe just how the stolen cash is being laundered through it’s casino. Needless to say, neither “Ann” nor daughter “Dorrie” (Jan Clayton) are best pleased with this hapless man, but that is bound to change once he gets onto the scent of the perpetrators and brings them to book. Of course the result is that certain, yes, but this is still a solid adventure western with plenty of action, duplicity and Fiske makes for quite a decent baddie as things hot up to a well staged conclusion where luckily nobody’s aim is much good. Boyd is competent here and Hayes serves well as his lively foil and for an hour it’s an amiable story of greed versus good.

Production companies

Who made it

HA
Harry Sherman Productions
US
Paramount Pictures
US

Key crew

SoundEarl Sitar
ProducerHarry Sherman
EditorRobert B. Warwick Jr.
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Art DirectionLewis J. Rachmil
NovelClarence E. Mulford

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

poker
ranch
cattle

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical1939-02-24

5.9