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The Last Laugh
Hopalong Cassidy - S2 - E5
Hoppy poses as a cattle buyer in order to break up a ring of thieves who are stealing gold from a smelter.
Hopalong Cassidy: Season 2 - 26 Episode s
2x1 - The Devil's Idol
October 9, 1953
Hoppy and a young minister try to convince a boy who's just committed his first holdup that his gunman idol has feet of clay.
2x2 - The Sole Survivor
October 16, 1953
As they ride into an apparently deserted town, Hoppy and Red are shot at, and then discover the town's only resident, also shot and left for dead.
2x3 - The Valley Raiders
October 23, 1953
Hoppy and Red discover that two outlaws have ambushed the sheriff of Stone Valley and determine to help the local ranchers against an exploiter who wants to take over the valley and sell it ti the cavalry.
2x4 - Twisted Trails
October 30, 1953
Hoppy fakes amnesia in an attempt to save the cattlemen's bank and the local ranchers from ruin springing from an embezzlement.
2x5 - The Last Laugh
November 6, 1953
Hoppy poses as a cattle buyer in order to break up a ring of thieves who are stealing gold from a smelter.
2x6 - The Jinx Wagon
November 13, 1953
Hoppy encounters bank robbers who are trying to recover the loot they hid in an old wagon inside the Twin Rivers livery stable.
2x7 - Illegal Entry
November 20, 1953
Hoppy and Red help the U.S. Immigration Service investigate the deaths of smuggled Chinese aliens.
2x8 - Gypsy Destiny
November 27, 1953
Hoppy tries to prove that a gypsy boy's dead father was not a thief so that the boy can marry his sweetheart.
2x9 - Arizona Troubleshooters
December 4, 1953
Assigned to guard the workers building Arizona's first telegraph line, Hoppy learns that a supposedly retired man who owns several stores will lose a fortune if the line is completed, and uses wiretapping to foil a sabotage scheme.
2x10 - Death by Proxy
December 11, 1953
Hoppy uses a health tonic to prove the innocence of a convicted murderer and the guilt of the real killer.
2x11 - Frontier Law
December 18, 1953
When Hoppy and Red try to conduct an honest election in outlaw territory, the outlaws retaliate by getting Hoppy's nephew into trouble.
2x12 - Don't Believe in Ghosts
December 25, 1953
Hoppy risks death to convince the family and friends of vanished rancher Tom Murdock that his ghost has not returned from the dead to haunt them.
2x13 - The Renegade Press
January 1, 1954
In his search for a gang counterfeiting Mexican currency, Hoppy learns that the Twin Rivers newspaper is printing more than news.
2x14 - Double Trouble
January 8, 1954
Hoppy tries to help a young Mexican laborer whose knife was found in a banker's back.
2x15 - Copper Hills
January 15, 1954
While investigating raids by white men dressed as Indians, Hoppy and Red find valuable copper on the Indians' land.
2x16 - New Mexico Manhunt
January 22, 1954
Hoppy tries to clear an old prospector who's been found in possession of the gold stolen in a train robbery.
2x17 - The Outlaw's Reward
January 29, 1954
Hoppy steps in when a notorious outlaw tries to force his honest father and brother to help him collect the reward for his own capture.
2x18 - Grubstake
February 2, 1954
Hoppy helps an old prospector whose discovery of gold has earned him several new friends and enemies.
2x19 - Steel Trails West
February 12, 1954
Hoppy steps in when the nephew of a contractor building a railroad is killed and all the construction plans stolen.
2x20 - Silent Testimony
February 19, 1954
Hoppy helps an old settler and his son fight a land grabber who's determined to take over their ranch.
2x21 - 3-7-77
February 26, 1954
Hoppy frightens an outlaw gang by writing in prominent places the code numbers 3-7-77, the symbol of a band of vigilante terrorists.
2x22 - Masquerade for Matilda
March 5, 1954
Hoppy tries to trick an elderly woman's kidnappers by inducing Red Connors to wear her clothes.
2x23 - Frame-Up for Murder
March 12, 1954
Hoppy and Red arrest a young man whom they find wounded near the body of his uncle, but they soon learn that he's suffering from amnesia and try to clear him.
2x24 - The Black Sombrero
March 19, 1954
When a Mexican rancher accuses an innocent man of murder, Hoppy uses a black sombrero to clear the frame-up victim and save a wealthy young heiress.
2x25 - The Emerald Saint
March 26, 1954
While chasing a murderer, Hoppy and Red are locked in a shrine with an emerald religious statue during a Mexican festival.
2x26 - Tricky Fingers
April 2, 1954
Hoppy and Red are trapped in a burning house by a lovely young woman who has robbed a bank while posing as an old lady.