Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong and his horse Topper catch bad guys with Red Connors for comic relief.
- 1952-1954
- 2 seasons
- NBC
- Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
Hopalong and his horse Topper catch bad guys with Red Connors for comic relief.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1952
Episode 1
Borrowed Trouble (1948)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 24 mins
After schoolteacher Abbott breaks the windows in Mawson's saloon because it is too near the school, Dink Davis' henchmen hold her hostage in Mawson's cabin to frame Mawson as means to remove him as a competitor.
Episode 2
False Paradise (1948)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 27 mins
A swindler sells worthless land to a professor and when the land proves to have a rich silver lode, the swindler tries to regain ownership by nefarious means and the collusion of a dishonest banker.
Episode 3
Strange Gamble (1948)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 26 mins
An anonymous letter and counterfeit bill brings Hoppy and gang to a Mexican border shanty town where they find a ruthless town boss that uses an idle mine outside of town for a counterfeit operation.
Episode 4
Unexpected Guest (1947)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 24 mins
California, at a will reading, learns he shares with six others an inheritance in which the survivors share equally as any of the others die and murder ensues so Hoppy begins an investigation despite being told the estate is worthless.
Episode 5
Hoppy's Holiday (1947)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 26 mins
Needing supplies Hoppy and gang go to Mesa City and find a big celebration about an irrigation project and that the project promoter is a crook but not before California is blamed for bank robbery because of a switch with the robbers.
Episode 6
The Dead Don't Dream (1948)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 27 mins
The boys arrive at Jeff Potter's inn for Lucky's wedding to find the bride has postponed it to due the disappearance of her uncle who is found dead in a mine and others continue to disappear from the same room which the uncle used.
Episode 7
The Devil's Playground (1946)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 25 mins
Hoopy and gang discover a wounded young woman who they learn is being coerced by a judge who sent a robber to jail to tell them the secret she knows of where the robber hid the gold so that the judge and friends might enrich themselves.
Episode 8
Fool's Gold (1946)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 26 mins
At the request of an army officer friend, Hoppy goes to retrieve the officer's deserter son from an outlaw enclave where he learns the son is being forced by the ringleader to take part in scam to take gold in cavalry disguise.
Episode 9
Dangerous Venture (1947)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 25 mins
Hoppy helps an archaeologist friend pursue an expedition by promising the area tribe that there will be no looting of burial places but for gold an expedition member betrays them with a gang that rustles castle disguised as tribe members.
Episode 10
The Marauders (1947)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 27 mins
Hoppy's gang takes refuge from a storm in a deserted church; in the middle of the night they find playing the organ a daughter of the deceased pastor who is almost killed by a falling beam and find oddly in the morning a wrecking crew.
Episode 11
Sinister Journey (1948)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 27 mins
When repeated sabotage occurs in Tom Smith's railroad yard, Hoppy and gang are hired to investigate undercover while suspicion falls on Smith's son-in-law Lee who the real culprits attempt to frame.
Episode 12
Silent Conflict (1947)
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 25 mins
Hoppy and California must avoid angry, suspecting ranchers to find Lucky who has been hypnotized by snake oil salesman Doc Richards to deliver to him the proceeds of the Cattleman's Association sale made by Hoppy.
Episode 13
Guns Across the Border
Fri, Sep 19, 1952 26 mins
Masmie Taylor (Myra Marsh), a fast-shooting, ask-questions-later woman marshal interferes with the efforts of Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his sidekick Red Connors (Edgar Buchanan) to track down the bandits who stole a shipment of U. S. Army rifles.
Episode 14
The Knife of Carlos Valero
Thu, Sep 25, 1952 26 mins
A knife belonging to Carlos Velero is used to commit a murder and left behind in order to frame the young Mexican. "Hopalong" Cassidy and his sidekick, "Red" Connors, rescue the innocent man from an incited lynch-mob, and hide him while they track down the real killer.
Episode 15
The Trap
Fri, Sep 26, 1952 27 mins
In this remake of "Wedding Blackmail" from The Cisco Kid television series, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) attempts to save an ex-convict, Norman Blaine (William Henry), who is being blackmailed into joining a scheme to rob the Cattleman's Association.
Episode 16
Alien Range
Wed, Oct 1, 1952 27 mins
Hoppy and Red try to help an immigrant family fight a rancher and a crooked lawyer who are attempting to drive them off their land.
Episode 17
The Feud
Tue, Oct 28, 1952 27 mins
Hoppy and Red find a severely wounded man who mentions the name of neighboring ranch owner in his dying breath. Hoppy decides to investigate and finds the murdered man and the nearby rancher had been engaged in a on-going fight over water rights that sometimes led to bloodshed. When Hoppy meets the accused rancher's lovely young wife, he isn't so sure that the man isn't being framed for the murder.
Episode 18
Ghost Trails
Tue, Oct 28, 1952 27 mins
Hoppy and Red investigate a series of robberies where the bandits ride a short ways and then seem to disappear in thin air.
Episode 19
Marked Cards
Tue, Oct 28, 1952 30 mins
A boy asks Hoppy to investigate the death of his father who was killed after being accused of cheating at cards. At first Hoppy can't find a motive for the crime, but when the boys mother dies under mysterious circumstances, he begins to suspect the boy's legal guardian of plotting the murder.
Episode 20
Don Colorado
Mon, Dec 1, 1952 27 mins
When Red is hurt in a fall, Hoppy has his hands full chasing his amnesiac friend and preventing a pretty woman from losing her copper mine to unscrupulous men.
Episode 21
Black Waters
Mon, Dec 1, 1952 27 mins
An Indian agent asks Hoppy to help persuade an Indian chief to reveal the location where crude oil can be found on the land's surface. The country will be opened to settlement and unless the tribe agrees to contract with oil companies before homestead claims can be filed, an outsider might grab the land and prevent the Indians from earning income from the oil wells.
Episode 22
Blind Encounter
Mon, Dec 1, 1952 27 mins
While in Mexico on business, Hoppy and Red agree to help a blind woman's son who is falsely accused on murder.
Episode 23
The Promised Land
Wed, Dec 10, 1952 30 mins
Red uses $1000 of Hoppy's money to invest in scrub land, because he hears of an irrigation ditch being dug to bring water to the worthless tract. Cassidy investigates and learns that the developer is using Hoppy's name to promote the swindle.
Episode 24
The Vanishing Herd
Fri, Dec 12, 1952 27 mins
The U.S. Army asks Hoppy to investigate when a herd of horses desperately needed for the Spanish-American War is stolen from the ranch who was supposed to supply the herd. The ranch workers insist the horses were rustled by Mexican bandits, but the Mexican authorities claim that no herd of horses crossed the U.S.-Mexican border, legal or illegal.
Episode 25
Black Sheep
Fri, Dec 26, 1952 26 mins
The Twin Forks ranchers are looking forward to a good year with plentiful rainwater and lush grass to fill their cattle's bellies until a sheepherder threatens to move his stock onto the range to compete for forage. Hoppy must work fast to prevent a range war between the cattlemen's association and the interlopers.
Episode 26
Lawless Legacy
Wed, Dec 31, 1952 27 mins
While searching for a missing calf, Hoppy and Red are shot at from ambush. They quickly capture the would-be drygulchers, who turn out to be a couple of hungry kids riding cross-country to claim their inheritance. Hoppy isn't too concerned about the misunderstanding - the youths paid for the calf, after all - until he learns that the money he was paid with is counterfeit.
