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.
The eighteenth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.
This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Saturday 18 September 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5); it launched the first television station in Memphis Thursday 25 November 1948 on WCMT (Channel 4); it first aired in Atlanta Saturday 14 May 1949 on WSB (Channel 8) and in Boston Sunday 29 May 1949 on WBZ (Channel 4).
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