Film debut of Russell Hayden.
This film received its initial USA telecast in Los Angeles Saturday 7 August 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5), launching the series with unprecedented success, soon to be a weekly fixture on newly launched television stations emerging throughout the country.
The tenth of 66 Hopalong Cassidy movies.
This is one of 54 Hopalong Cassidy features produced by Harry Sherman, initially distributed by Paramount Pictures from 1935-41 and then by United Artists 1942-44, 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.
With this film, Lucky Jenkins replaced Johnny Nelson as Hoppy's sidekick and Russell Hayden replaced James Ellison in the series.