Silver on the Sage
Silver on the Sage
NR | 31 March 1939 (USA)
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Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino owner, the other a rancher) and Hoppy believes they provide alibis for each other while one is out committing crimes. Hoppy gets a job in the casino to learn more but is exposed when a gambling gunslinger notices him.

Reviews
Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action
Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Byrdz Once again, Hopalong Cassidy and his faithful companions Windy, Lucky and Topper are involved with dastardly villains who rustle, lie, cheat and do all sorts of other mean and nasty stuff.Windy and Lucky are still squabbling like little kids.The scenery is beautiful and the rocks look familiar from dozens of other westerns filmed at the same location.One of the better Hoppy films with interesting characters and plot twists and turns ... some of which come as surprises.*I wrote a more detailed review about a month ago when I saw the film but it's in someone's wastebasket or reject file so this one will have to do for now.
bkoganbing The song Silver On The Sage was introduced in 1938 in a big budget Paramount western The Texans that starred Randolph Scott and Joan Bennett. The following year it serves as the title to this Hopalong Cassidy western. In fact you can hear the song on a lot of subsequent Hoppy films.However this film finds Hoppy turning over the herd they are selling to Russell Hayden and Gabby Hayes. But that Bar 20 herd is stolen before the buyer counts and takes possession. Hayden is on the hook for the price of the herd.The villain of the story is Stanley Ridges playing a dual role. Very handy to have a twin when you need an alibi. Hoppy goes incognito as a tinhorn gambler to get the evidence needed.These rustlers have quite a racket going with their twin bosses. The shootout climax is one of the better ones from Hoppy series.Nice title song and the movie is enough to make anyone a Hopalong Cassidy fan.
ccfoxtrot It is good to see this kind of movie in a day when so much violent and profane stuff is present in today's movies. This movie starts out slow; but has a good shoot 'em up ending. The story line is good and will hold one's attention to the end. One can gain an interest in what becomes of the cast.
Seaver257 With Windy and Lucky getting more of a featured play in this movie lent itself to take on a much different feel. I really enjoyed the way that these two characters developed and you really identified more with them in this film, than most of the Hoppy adventures. Of course the main part of the Hero was played well by Boyd and I got the feeling he really enjoyed watching Lucky and Windy step up to featured roles for part of the film! Great Movie!