Even though this Hoppy Adventure has a good plot and lots of Mystery it is lacking the action of earlier Hoppy movies. Hoppy only fires his gun in the very first few minutes when a shadowy character tries to "Dry Gulch" them. California Carlson steals this movie with his better than usual antics. All in All I would still recommend this flick to anybody that loves a mystery and Hopalong Cassidy! Did anyone notice that the lawyer and Hoppy also appeared together in "The Greatest Show on Earth" ?