When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
- Johnny Nelson
- (as Jimmy Ellison)
- Spike -
- (as George Hayes)
- Dolores
- (as Nana Martinez)
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
- Vaquero
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film's first documented telecast occurred Monday 9 July 1945 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1); on Monday 23 June 1947 it was seen again on WCBS (Channel 2). At this time it was under the control of Sherman S. Krellberg's Goodwill Pictures, who had re-released it theatrically and was now picking up a little extra revenue from an occasional television broadcast. In September 1948 it would join the rest of its brethren in William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy movie package, which would become a popular nationally syndicated movie series for many years to come.
- Quotes
Bill 'Hop-a-long' Cassidy: I'm sorry.
El Toro: You mean to stop me?
Bill 'Hop-a-long' Cassidy: You're El Toro, ain't you?
El Toro: Oh, Senor, what I have been I have been. But now I have no quarrel with the law. Now it is not El Toro the bandit who speaks, but a poor troubled old man who asks you to be kind. Oh, Senor, for the first time in his life, El Toro is begging a favor. Please, please let me go on.
Bill 'Hop-a-long' Cassidy: You wouldn't have a chance. Every peace officer in the country's lookin' for ya.
El Toro: I know that, Senor. But the little boy, he's in great danger. I go to him...
Bill 'Hop-a-long' Cassidy: El Toro! Get back where you belong!
El Toro: But Senor! You do not understand. It is another life, a poor, helpless, little boy.
Bill 'Hop-a-long' Cassidy: Get goin' back across the border.
[Hoppy's stone face breaks into a reassuring smile]
Bill 'Hop-a-long' Cassidy: I'll bring that little boy back to you.
El Toro: Thank you.
- ConnectionsEdited into Danger Trail (1951)
"The Eagle's Brood" has a fairly simple story. Yet it is so well-written and directed that it holds the viewer's attention all the way. This early entry came out before the era of the singing cowboys. So there's no music to slow down the action. By 1935 background music was being used to enhance the action. In the first talky westerns, no music was used because the movie moguls didn't think the audience would accept hearing an orchestra playing in the middle of a wild chase or fight. Yet a live orchestra (or a piano player) was used during the silent years to increase the impact of the action taking place on the screen.
This outing, Hoppy and his sidekick Johnny (Jimmy Ellison) are out to rescue a Mexican lad hid out by Delores, a friend of El Toro, the boy's grandfather, who just happens to be a notorious outlaw, played with gusto by silent film star William Farnum. The boy witnessed the murder of his parents. Thus the ringleader, Big Henry (Addison Richards), is out to silence the lad permanently if he and his gang can find the hideout. Delores is shot by Big Henry when she refuses to divulge the hiding place. Hoppy and Johnny step in leading to a wild shootout in the hills.
Gabby Hayes was still just plain George when he appeared in "The Eagle's Brood," playing sort of a good bad guy as a bar tending lackey to Big Henry. He goes by the moniker Spike. Fortunately he decided in later films to use the name Gabby. Somehow Spike Hayes just doesn't sound right.
The early Hoppy had a romantic streak. When he meets a soiled dove named Dolly, Delores' friend, he flirts with her using the line, "You're a cute little trick," and buys her not one but two drinks while he quenches his thirst with sarsaparilla.
- krorie
- Feb 23, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1