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The Worst Episodes of Hopalong Cassidy

Every episode of Hopalong Cassidy ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Hopalong Cassidy!

The Worst 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 Ghost Trails
    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #1 - Ghost Trails

    S1:E6

    Hoppy tries to prove that a traveling preacher is behind a series of robberies by three men who have a habit of vanishing into thin air.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Don Colorado
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Don Colorado

    S1:E8

    Hoppy's efforts to save a young woman's mine from swindlers are complicated when Red Connors develops amnesia and claims to be a Spanish nobleman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Black Waters
    7.0/10(30 votes)

    #3 - Black Waters

    S1:E9

    Hoppy uses an intricately carved bracelet to trap some swindlers who are trying to cheat the Indians out of their oil-rich reservation lands.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Vanishing Herd
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #4 - The Vanishing Herd

    S1:E12

    Hoppy helps government agents search for a herd of 625 stolen horses intended for the Spanish-American War, but when he finds the animals, he has to save them from a grass fire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Alien Range
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Alien Range

    S1:E4

    Hoppy and Red combat a rancher and a crooked lawyer who are trying to drive immigrant settlers off their land.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Marked Cards
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Marked Cards

    S1:E7

    Hoppy uses an incriminating letter and a crooked card deck to hunt down the murderers of a small boy's parents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Devil's Idol
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #7 - The Devil's Idol

    S2:E1

    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.

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  9. Background image for Masquerade for Matilda
    7.1/10(35 votes)

    #8 - Masquerade for Matilda

    S2:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Feud
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #9 - The Feud

    S1:E5

    Hoppy saves an innocent man from hanging and tracks down a murderer who's manipulating the feud between two rival ranchers.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Promised Land
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #10 - The Promised Land

    S1:E11

    When Red Connors buys some arid land on the strength of a promised irrigation project, Hoppy investigates and learns that the promoters of the scheme are guilty of forgery, embezzlement and murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Lawless Legacy
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #11 - Lawless Legacy

    S1:E14

    Hoppy helps a young man and woman who are framed as counterfeiters just before they are to claim their uncle's estate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Renegade Press
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #12 - The Renegade Press

    S2:E13

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

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  14. Background image for Copper Hills
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Copper Hills

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Emerald Saint
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #14 - The Emerald Saint

    S2:E25

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

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

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for Twisted Trails
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for The Last Laugh
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Gypsy Destiny
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Don't Believe in Ghosts
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Steel Trails West
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for Frame-Up for Murder
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #21 - Frame-Up for Murder

    S2:E23

    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.

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

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for Blind Encounter
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. Background image for Black Sheep
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. Background image for Death by Proxy
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Ghost Trails" is the worst rated episode of "Hopalong Cassidy". It scored 6.9/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Thomas Carr and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/28/1952. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Don Colorado".