Fool’s Gold – The son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. Hoppy prevents this and brings the gang to justice.
Fool’s Gold (1946)
Director: George Archainbaud
Writers: Doris Schroeder, Clarence E. Mulford
Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks
Genre: Western, Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 1946 (United States)
Also Known As: Law of the Trail
Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
Story:
In the 56th film of the 66 in the series (and the first one produced by William Boyd Productions instead of Harry Sherman), Hopalong Cassidy undertakes to help out his old friend, Army Colonel Jed Landry. The Colonel’s hot-tempered son, Lieutenant Bruce Landry, has struck his commanding officer and is facing a court martial. Bruce deserts and is believed hiding at a robber’s hideout-town known as Twin Buttes. Cassidy departs without telling his two pals, Lucky Jenkins and California Carlson, but they learn his destination and follow him. Hoppy arrives at Twin Buttes and attempts to register at the inn ran by Jessie Dixon but she is suspicious and refuses him a room. Cassidy makes friends with "Professor" Dixon, Jessie’s father, and is given a room. Bruce is being kept in a hideout by a group of holdup men headed by Dixon, and has fallen in love with Jessie. She advises him to give himself up and face the Army court-martial, rather than participate in a series of shady deals engineered by her father. Cassidy escapes a trap set for him by Dixon and meets Lucky and California and they decide to look over Dixon’s "laboratory" in the mountains. They find the place is a front for a plant where the gang makes copper bricks covered with a thin coating of gold. They ride fast to catch up with the gang when they learn a gold shipment is to be held up and the fake bricks substituted.
Review:
Fool’s Gold
Hoppy sets out to Twin Buttes to help his friend Jed by trying to bring his Army deserting son back to face a court martial before he becomes a wanted criminal. He’s residing in sort of "Robber’s Roost", a place loaded with criminals. Behind Hopalong, Lucky Jenkins and California Carslon try to follow his trail to help Hopalong. Arriving in Twin Buttes, Hopalong is suspicious of Jessie Dixon, who runs the local inn and whom Bruce has fallen in love with. Her father is the head of the bad hombres.
Boasting a good story with an interesting villain with a penchant of planting his six-legged friend in Hoppy’s room. Hopalong is "in disguise" for a good part of the film. He doesn’t wear his noir garb. It’s an intriguing plot, has some tense moments, though it can get a little convoluted at times, a bit tedious, but not to a major degree. There’s a lack of action, and the colonel’s son isn’t likeable so you don’t really care if he get saves. But you do want Jane Randolph- who is in love with the dope – to be happy. Overall, a fun Hoppy western ( but aren’t they all to varying levels?!) Written by coltras35 on imdb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Fool’s Gold
Australia Fool’s Gold
Brazil Rastilho de Pólvora
Canada Fool’s Gold(English)
India Fool’s Gold(English)
Ireland Fool’s Gold(English)
Mexico Oro de mala ley
New Zealand Fool’s Gold(English)
South Africa Fool’s Gold(English)
Sweden Överfallet på guldtransporten
United Kingdom Fool’s Gold
United States Fool’s Gold
United States Law of the Trail(reissue title)
United States Man from Butte(reissue title)
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