Bar 20 Justice


1h 10m 1938

Brief Synopsis

Hoppy's friend Dennis owns a rich gold mine. Frazier who owns the adjoining mine and wants the Dennis mine, has Dennis killed. Hoppy steps in to take over running the Dennis mine and learns Frazier's men sneak into and work the Dennis mine at night. Hoppy captures one of Frazier's men only to be captured in return by Frazier and left to die in a burning building.

Film Details

Also Known As
Clarence E. Mulford's Bar 20 Justice, Deputy Sheriff
Genre
Western
Release Date
Jun 17, 1938
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Harry Sherman Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Buck Peters, Ranchman by Clarence E. Mulford and John Wood (Chicago, 1912).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 10m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7 reels

Synopsis

Hopalong Cassidy leaves for New York, unaware of the danger of a gang of thieves led by Frazier, owner of the Devil-May-Care gold mine. Frazier's miners have been secretly mining by night a vein of the Freeze-on mine, which is adjacent to Frazier's property. When Dennis, the owner of Freeze-on, is killed in the mine following a string of unexplained fatal accidents, Lucky Jenkins, Hoppy's young partner, races to the train station and retrieves Hoppy before the train leaves. Hoppy convinces the wary Freeze-on miners to return to work and asks miner Slade, whom he suspects of duplicity, to appoint a night watchman, and Slade picks Les Martin. That night, Lucky kidnaps Martin and hides him at Buck Peters' ranch, where Lucky works, replacing him with Hoppy's old friend, Windy Halliday. While on duty, Windy feigns being both deaf and senile and sees Frazier's miners working the Freeze-on mine. Hoppy then kidnaps Dennis' murderer when he comes through Frazier's secret mine door and verifies that Frazier's ore is from the Freeze-on. Slade and Hoppy take the murderer to a deserted shack at Sandstone Gulch, but Frazier's henchman Perkins sends for help, and Hoppy is bound and gagged inside the shack. Slade sets fire to the shack, but Windy saves Hoppy, who lays low while Windy and Dennis' widow Ann get help from Buck. Hoppy then surprises Slade and Frazier in town and Buck holds them. At the mine, Windy signals to his friends, and Buck's men and Lucky then ambush Frazier's operation. Frazier escapes Buck's hold, but Hoppy chases him and knocks him out. Ann then leaves for a trip East after promising to return to share her new riches with Hoppy.

Film Details

Also Known As
Clarence E. Mulford's Bar 20 Justice, Deputy Sheriff
Genre
Western
Release Date
Jun 17, 1938
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Harry Sherman Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Buck Peters, Ranchman by Clarence E. Mulford and John Wood (Chicago, 1912).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 10m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7 reels

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Notes

This film's working title was Deputy Sheriff. The title card on the viewed print read "Clarence E. Mulford's Bar 20 Justice." Copyright records for this film credit Adolph Zukor as presenter, although George A. Hirliman is listed on the film. Modern sources add Frosty Royce and Jim Toney to the cast. For more information on the series, consult the Series Index and see the entry for Hop-Along Cassidy below.