''Doomed Caravan'' is a 1941 American

western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

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 Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...

. It is the 32nd entry in a series of 66 films.

Plot

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.

Cast

* William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * Andy Clyde as California Carlson * Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins * Minna Gombell as Jane Travers * Morris Ankrum as Stephen Westcott * Georgia Ellis as Diana Westcott * Trevor Bardette as Ed Martin *Pat J. O'Brien as Henchman Jim Ferber *Ray Bennett as Henchman Pete Gregg *José Luis Tortosa as Governor Don Pedro

Reception

''Doomed Caravan'' has 3 out of 5 stars on AllMovie.

References

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* * * 1941 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lesley Selander Paramount Pictures films American Western (genre) films Hopalong Cassidy films Films based on works by Johnston McCulley Films scored by John Leipold 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub