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The Best Episodes of Hopalong Cassidy

Every episode of Hopalong Cassidy ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hopalong Cassidy!

The Best Episodes of Hopalong Cassidy

Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared William Boyd as the cowboy Hopalong Cassidy.

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  1. Background image for 3-7-77
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    #1 - 3-7-77

    S2:E21

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

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  2. Background image for Illegal Entry
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #2 - Illegal Entry

    S2:E7

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

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  3. Background image for The Outlaw's Reward
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #3 - The Outlaw's Reward

    S2:E17

    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.

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  4. Background image for The Jinx Wagon
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #4 - The Jinx Wagon

    S2:E6

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

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  5. Background image for Arizona Troubleshooters
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    #5 - Arizona Troubleshooters

    S2:E9

    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.

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  6. Background image for Guns Across the Border
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #6 - Guns Across the Border

    S1:E1

    A fast-shooting woman marshal interferes with the efforts of Hopalong Cassidy and his sidekick Red Connors to track down the bandits who stole a shipment of Army rifles.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Knife of Carlos Valero
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #7 - The Knife of Carlos Valero

    S1:E2

    Hoppy and Red hide an innocent young Mexican from a lynch mob and then go after the murderer who framed the boy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Silent Testimony
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #8 - Silent Testimony

    S2:E20

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

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  10. Background image for The Sole Survivor
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #9 - The Sole Survivor

    S2:E2

    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.

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  11. Background image for Frontier Law
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Frontier Law

    S2:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Double Trouble
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Double Trouble

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Black Sombrero
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    #12 - The Black Sombrero

    S2:E24

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Trap
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #13 - The Trap

    S1:E3

    Hoppy tries to help an ex-convict, hoping to go straight, who is being blackmailed into joining a plot to rob the Cattlemen's Association.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Blind Encounter
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #14 - Blind Encounter

    S1:E10

    A blind Mexican woman asks Hoppy to help her fugitive son, who's been falsely accused of murder.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Black Sheep
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #15 - Black Sheep

    S1:E13

    Hoppy and Red try to settle a dispute between cattle ranchers and sheep grazers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Death by Proxy
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #16 - Death by Proxy

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for New Mexico Manhunt
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #17 - New Mexico Manhunt

    S2:E16

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

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  19. Background image for Grubstake
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #18 - Grubstake

    S2:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Tricky Fingers
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #19 - Tricky Fingers

    S2:E26

    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.

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  21. Background image for The Valley Raiders
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #20 - The Valley Raiders

    S2:E3

    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.

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  22. Background image for Twisted Trails
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #21 - Twisted Trails

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Last Laugh
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #22 - The Last Laugh

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Gypsy Destiny
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    #23 - Gypsy Destiny

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Don't Believe in Ghosts
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #24 - Don't Believe in Ghosts

    S2:E12

    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.

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  26. Background image for Steel Trails West
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #25 - Steel Trails West

    S2:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"3-7-77" is the best rated episode of "Hopalong Cassidy". It scored 8/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by George Archainbaud and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/26/1954. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Illegal Entry".