Doomed Caravan | |
Director: | Lesley Selander |
Producer: | Harry Sherman Joseph W. Engel |
Story: | Clarence E. Mulford |
Screenplay: | J. Benton Cheney Johnston McCulley |
Starring: | William Boyd Andy Clyde Minna Gombell |
Music: | John Leipold |
Cinematography: | Russell Harlan |
Editing: | Carroll Lewis Sherman A. Rose |
Studio: | Harry Sherman Productions |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 62 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Doomed Caravan is a 1941 American western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring William Boyd, Andy Clyde and Minna Gombell. The film is a Western and part of the Hopalong Cassidy series released by Paramount Pictures. It is the 32nd entry in a series of 66 films.
Stephen Westcott and Ed Martin scheme to put Jane Travers' wagon line out of business. They want to use it take over all the wagon- train traffic going west. Hoppy, California and Lucky must make sure that doesn't happen.Jane Travers asks Hoppy to help protect her next caravan against robbers. Westcott and Martin are out to stop them and have their men dressed as soldiers to escort the caravan. The fake soldiers don't fool Hoppy and he and the Bar 20 boys foil that plan. Martin's men then capture everyone but Hoppy and send them off to the firing squad. Now Hoppy has to find a way to save them singlehandedly.
Doomed Caravan has 3 out of 5 stars on AllMovie.[1]