Although this was George 'Gabby' Hayes George (Gabby) Hayes' third Hopalong Cassidy movie, it's the first in which he plays comic sidekick Windy, a character he would repeat in 19 subsequent Cassidy features.
The third of 66 Hopalong Cassidy movies.
This is one of 54 Hopalong Cassidy features produced by Harry Sherman, initially distributed by Paramount Pictures from 1935-41, and then by United Artists 1942-44, which were purchased by their star William Boyd for nationally syndicated television presentation beginning in 1948 and continuing thereafter for many years, as a result of their phenomenal success. Each feature was re-edited to 54 minutes so as to comfortably fit into a 60-minute time slot, with six minutes for commercials. It was not until 50 years later that, with the cooperation of Mrs. Boyd. i.e. Grace Bradley, they were finally restored to their original length with their original opening and closing credits intact.
One of the regular cowpoke characters is called: "Red Connors". Red Connors is also the character's name played by Edgar Buchanan in numerous Hopalong Cassidy movies later on.