''Strange Gamble'' is a 1948 American

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film directed by

George Archainbaud George Archainbaud (May 7, 1890 – February 20, 1959) was a French- American film and television director. Biography In the beginning of his career he worked on stage as an actor and manager. He came to the United States in January 1914, and ...

, written by Doris Schroeder, Bennett Cohen and Ande Lamb, and starring William Boyd,

Andy Clyde Andrew Allan Clyde (March 25, 1892 – May 18, 1967), was a Scottish-born American film and television actor whose career spanned some 45 years. In 1921 he broke into silent films as a Mack Sennett comic, debuting in ''On a Summer Day''. H ...

, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley, James Craven and Robert Williams. It was released on October 8, 1948, by

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. This film was the 66th and final of the series based on the Clarence E. Mulford character, Hopalong Cassidy.

Plot

Cast

* William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy *

as California Carlson * Rand Brooks as Lucky Jenkins * Elaine Riley as Nora Murray * James Craven as Mordigan *

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as Henchman Pete Walters * Alberto Morin as Ramón DeLara * Joel Friedkin as Doc White * Herbert Rawlinson as John Murray *

Francis McDonald Francis McDonald (August 22, 1891 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years. Early years Born on August 22, 1891, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, McDonald was the son of John Francis McDonald and Catherine Ashlu ...

as Henchman Longhorn * William F. Leicester as Sid Murray * Joan Barton as Mary Murray * Lee Tung Foo as Wong

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* * * 1948 films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Archainbaud United Artists films American Western (genre) films 1948 Western (genre) films Hopalong Cassidy films Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub