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The Showdown (1940) [NR]

Featuring:
William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood

Written by:
Harold Daniel Kusel
Daniel Kusell
Jack Jungmeyer

Directed by:
Howard Bretherton


Release Date:
March 8, 1940

Original Title:
The Showdown

Genres:
Western

Production Companies:
Harry Sherman Productions
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 65

HOPPY'S ON THE LOOSE...bucking a game with the deck stacked against him!

Overview from TheMovieDB

European bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through theft. Hoppy and his sidekicks Lucky and Speedy must find and expose the horse thieves.

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Overview from Open Movies

Render, posing as an European Baron, arrives at the Colonel's ranch where he plans to steal some of his fine race horses, rename them and then race them. Hoppy arrives at the same time and immediately becomes suspicious of the Baron. Winning money from the Baron at poker, he marks the bills. He is robbed but as suspected, the money reappears and it is the Baron that has it.

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Rankings and Honors

The Showdown (1940) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.4/10

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Lewis J. Rachmil

Characters:
Clarence E. Mulford

Director:
Howard Bretherton

Director of Photography:
Russell Harlan

Editor:
Carroll Lewis

Music:
John Leipold

Producer:
Harry Sherman

Screenplay:
Harold Daniel Kusel
Daniel Kusell

Story:
Jack Jungmeyer

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