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Hopalong Cassidy

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This is not a review but in answer to another reviewer's concern about contents: This CASSIDY set includes "Hidden Gold," "Stagecoach War," "The Showdown," "Three Men from Texas," "Doomed Caravan," "Pirates on Horseback," "In Old Colorado," "Riders of the Timberline," "Wide Open Town," "Stick to Your Guns," "Leather Burners," "Undercover Man," "Border Patrol," "False Colors," "Riders of the Deadline," "Colt Comrades," "Forty Thieves," "The Devil's Playground," "Fool's Gold," "Dangerous Venture," "Unexpected Guest," "Borrowed Trouble," "Sinister Journey," "False Paradise," and "The Dead Don't Dream." 26 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1.

This 5-disc compellation saves money-- and space. You can find this title-- elsewhere-- for as much as $50,
or, $15, singularly, as Volumes 1;2;3;4;&5. The Amazon price is the best, by far-- either way.
There's a total of 66 Hoppy features-- and 44 TV shows. Volumes 1-8 are the last forty movies made.
The first 16 are available as double-bills on eight different DVDS-- but NOT at these great prices!
I'm looking forward to the last 44 {from the TV series in the '50s}. Robert Mitchum, Victor Jory, Andy Clyde,
and George "Superman" Reeves show up, often, as various characters.
I've been awaiting Volume #1 [since July], so my recomendation is to by THIS title PLUS Volumes 6-8 to save
some time AND money! The previous double-feature discs are pristine transfers, as well, though more costly.
If you're NOT familiar with Wm Boyd, let me tell you ONE thing:
In the record, books HE's listed as playing ONE-charcter most often at the movies AND on TV.
These action-packed westerns are GREAT entertainment. Best of all, they're able to do it in as short as 59-minutes.
God Bless Americana!

My love of Westerns started with Hoppy movies released to TV in the late 1940s. The fact is that William Boyd was among the first film producers to recognize television as an entity unto itself and not necessarily the death knell of motion pictures. I don't know if he owned all of his feature films by that time, but he did eventually, and he released many of the 25 featured in this collection to TV.

But you won't find any of them playing on your box now or anywhere else in the condition of the prints represented here. They are almost pristine and nearly perfect and certainly struck from carefully preserved negatives. It is such a joy to watch these films again, some fifty years after first seeing them, and especially in better shape than the first time around.

Hoppy is, of course, the ultimate hero to me, but he is almost eclipsed in this collection by his sidekick California Carlson (Andy Clyde.) Clyde is so funny in some of these films that I had a hard time not watching more than one in one sitting just to see what kind of trouble California would get into next.

Hoppy had other sidekicks over the years, including Gabby Hayes, but California strikes gold with me and that makes this particular collection of 25 Hoppy films a terrific gift for old timers who barely remember the man on the white horse (Topper) and also a perfect starting point for buckaroos just starting down the trail with Hopalong Cassidy!

This set includes THE EAGLES BROOD from 1935. A very early film in the Hoppy series, but if you are looking for the more gritty Hoppy features from the 1930s THE EAGLES BROOD is the only one. The rest of the films range from 1943 to 1948, about the last of the Hoppy features before television revived Hoppy into the phenomenon it became in the 1950s. The set is interesting as you see the Hoppy character in the second film versus the second to last film in the feature series. HOPPY SERVES A WRIT is also included, making this a worthwhile purchase.

The 15 movies are excellent quality...both in story and quality of reproduction, but Hoppy movies were always a cut above the rest of the westerns of that era. My complaint is with the packaging. I ordered directly from Amazon and Amazon shows a picture of the lunch box with the 3 included discs in cases...mine didn't come that way. There was a cardboard insert inside the lunch box and each disc was in a slot of the insert. The discs were not even in envelopes. Naturally the discs had dislodged and were flopping around inside the lunchbox...and this was a brand new, shrink-wrapped product. Two of my discs are scratched badly, but at least they play OK. Don't expect to get what you see in Amazon's picture.

We bought this box set a few months back at a store and found it to be very entertaining and enjoyable. The songs played throughout the set were also very enjoyable. Fun for all ages.

I brought this collection for my dad for father's day and he loved it. He's loves watching westerns and I was happy I found a western for him that he can't watch on tv. He absolutely loved the western and he is asking for me to find him more. So I give this a great rating!

I recently purchased this tin and discs on sale. Quality is excellent. I am very satisfied. Each disc has five movies approximately 60 minutes each. A small booklet contains some information about Hoppy, William Boyd and Topper. The tin reminds me of my elementary school lunch pail. I recommend these discs for anyone who grew up with Hopalong Cassidy!

According to the Echo Bridge website, this set (Vol 1) contains the following:

FEATURING 12 EPISODES
The Eagle's Brood
Hidden Gold
Border Vigilantes
False Colors
Colt Comrades
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Forty Thieves
Fool's Gold
Dangerous Venture
Borrowed Trouble
False Paradise
The Dead Don't Dream

This is not a review. Actually i'm trying to find out the movie titles on this 3 disc set from Platinum which was released on July 22. Amazon doesn't list them! Can someone help me? Thanks, David