Hopalong Cassidy Season 2, Episode 24: The Black Sombrero

1

The Devil's Idol

Hoppy and a young minister try to convince a boy who's just committed his first holdup that his gunman idol has feet of clay.

30 min

2

The Sole Survivor

As they ride into an apparently deserted town, Hoppy and Red are shot at, and then discover the town's only resident, also shot and left for dead.

30 min

3

The Valley Raiders

Hoppy and Red discover that two outlaws have ambushed the sheriff of Stone Valley and determine to help the local ranchers against an exploiter who wants to take over the valley and sell it ti the cavalry.

30 min

4

Twisted Trails

Hoppy fakes amnesia in an attempt to save the cattlemen's bank and the local ranchers from ruin springing from an embezzlement.

30 min

5

The Last Laugh

Hoppy poses as a cattle buyer in order to break up a ring of thieves who are stealing gold from a smelter.

30 min

6

The Jinx Wagon

Hoppy encounters bank robbers who are trying to recover the loot they hid in an old wagon inside the Twin Rivers livery stable.

30 min

7

Illegal Entry

Hoppy and Red help the U.S. Immigration Service investigate the deaths of smuggled Chinese aliens.

30 min

8

Gypsy Destiny

Hoppy tries to prove that a gypsy boy's dead father was not a thief so that the boy can marry his sweetheart.

30 min

9

Arizona Troubleshooters

Assigned to guard the workers building Arizona's first telegraph line, Hoppy learns that a supposedly retired man who owns several stores will lose a fortune if the line is completed, and uses wiretapping to foil a sabotage scheme.

30 min

10

Death by Proxy

Hoppy uses a health tonic to prove the innocence of a convicted murderer and the guilt of the real killer.

30 min

11

Frontier Law

When Hoppy and Red try to conduct an honest election in outlaw territory, the outlaws retaliate by getting Hoppy's nephew into trouble.

30 min

12

Don't Believe in Ghosts

Hoppy risks death to convince the family and friends of vanished rancher Tom Murdock that his ghost has not returned from the dead to haunt them.

30 min

13

The Renegade Press

In his search for a gang counterfeiting Mexican currency, Hoppy learns that the Twin Rivers newspaper is printing more than news.

30 min

14

Double Trouble

Hoppy tries to help a young Mexican laborer whose knife was found in a banker's back.

30 min

15

Copper Hills

While investigating raids by white men dressed as Indians, Hoppy and Red find valuable copper on the Indians' land.

30 min

16

New Mexico Manhunt

Hoppy tries to clear an old prospector who's been found in possession of the gold stolen in a train robbery.

30 min

17

The Outlaw's Reward

Hoppy steps in when a notorious outlaw tries to force his honest father and brother to help him collect the reward for his own capture.

30 min

18

Grubstake

Hoppy helps an old prospector whose discovery of gold has earned him several new friends and enemies.

30 min

19

Steel Trails West

Hoppy steps in when the nephew of a contractor building a railroad is killed and all the construction plans stolen.

30 min

20

Silent Testimony

Hoppy helps an old settler and his son fight a land grabber who's determined to take over their ranch.

30 min

21

3-7-77

Hoppy frightens an outlaw gang by writing in prominent places the code numbers 3-7-77, the symbol of a band of vigilante terrorists.

30 min

22

Masquerade for Matilda

Hoppy tries to trick an elderly woman's kidnappers by inducing Red Connors to wear her clothes.

30 min

23

Frame-Up for Murder

Hoppy and Red arrest a young man whom they find wounded near the body of his uncle, but they soon learn that he's suffering from amnesia and try to clear him.

30 min

24

The Black Sombrero

When a Mexican rancher accuses an innocent man of murder, Hoppy uses a black sombrero to clear the frame-up victim and save a wealthy young heiress.

30 min

25

The Emerald Saint

While chasing a murderer, Hoppy and Red are locked in a shrine with an emerald religious statue during a Mexican festival.

30 min

26

Tricky Fingers

Hoppy and Red are trapped in a burning house by a lovely young woman who has robbed a bank while posing as an old lady.

30 min