At 82 minutes, this is the longest of the 66 Hopalong Cassidy films, running 28 minutes longer than the shortest, Fazenda 20 (1943). Interestingly, character actor Earle Hodgins appeared in both films.
This was the last time James Ellison played Johnny Nelson as he bid his farewell to the Hoppy Series.
The ninth of 66 Hopalong Cassidy movies.
This is one of 54 Hopalong Cassidy features produced by Harry Sherman, initially distributed by Paramount Pictures from 1935-1941, and then by United Artists 1942-1944, which were purchased by their star William Boyd for nationally syndicated television presentation beginning in 1948 and continuing thereafter for many years, as a result of their phenomenal success. Each feature was re-edited to 54 minutes so as to comfortably fit into a 60 minute time slot, with six minutes for commercials. It was not until 50 years later that, with the cooperation of Mrs. Boyd. i.e. Grace Bradley, that they were finally restored to their original length with their original opening and closing credits intact. In the case of this particular title, nearly 30 minutes of missing footage were restored, but the title credits from the 1946 Screen Guild re-release were used, so it bears a misleading MCMXLVI (1946) copyright statement.