THE SHOWDOWN (1940)

THE SHOWDOWN is a 1940 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton, written by Donald Kusel and Harold Daniel Kusel, and starring William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Morris Ankrum, Jan Clayton, Wright Kramer and Donald Kirke. It was released on March 8, 1940, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot
A Baron from Europe is out to steal some race horses, rename them and then race them from the Colonel's ranch. Hoppy becomes suspicious of the Baron, so when he wins money from him at poker, he marks the bills. Then gets robbed, but when the money appears it is in the Baron's hands.

Cast
William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy
Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins
Britt Wood as Speedy McGinnis
Morris Ankrum as Baron Rendor
Jan Clayton as Sue Willard
Wright Kramer as Colonel Rufe White
Donald Kirke as Harry Cole
Roy Barcroft as Bowman
Eddie Dean as The Marshal
Kermit Maynard as Henchman Johnson
Walter Shumway as Henchman Snell
The King's Men as Singing Cowhands