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Strange Gamble (1948)

Directed by George Archainbaud

Overview

Hoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexican money; his only clues are the name “Mordigan” and a drawing of a comet.  He quickly finds out that Mordigan is the town “boss”; but what or who is “the comet”, and why are Mordigan and his henchmen intent on persecuting a young woman, her drunken brother, and her deathly ill sister-in-law who’ve also just arrived in town?

Length 61 minutes

Actors

James Craven | Herbert Rawlinson | Alberto Morin | Elaine Riley | William F. Leicester | Joan Barton | Rand Brooks | Francis McDonald | Joel Friedkin | Dewey Robinson | Robert Williams | William Boyd | Andy Clyde | Lee Tung Foo