Hoppy, California and Johnny cross paths with town bad guy Jeb Hardin and his hired thug Joe Brass (Victor Jory, Douglas Fowley) after they beat Hardin and Brass out of a $5000.00 reward for the capture of wanted outlaw Dirk Mason (Robert Mitchum). In order to collect Hoppy and the boys are forced to 're-invest' the reward money back into the community. With a limited numbers of choices they become partners with Lin And Lucy Whitlock (Teddi Sherman, George Reeves) in their ranch which is nearing foreclosure. Like the rest of the ranchers in the area they have been unable to sell their beef because Hardin who owns the upstream property has been extorting payments by withholding water. Things change abruptly when California is suckered into a hair-brained oil drilling scam by local con man Wildcat Willie (Earle Hodgins).
This entry into the Hoppy series is the last in a handful of appearances by Jay Kirby as the Johnny Travers character. With the departure of Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins from the series, the studio never quite found the same chemistry with the third member of the trio. The Jay Kirby episodes, though largely forgotten, are by in large a pretty solid lot.
If not memorable, Colt Comrades makes for acceptable viewing. An average chapter in the Hoppy string.
This entry into the Hoppy series is the last in a handful of appearances by Jay Kirby as the Johnny Travers character. With the departure of Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins from the series, the studio never quite found the same chemistry with the third member of the trio. The Jay Kirby episodes, though largely forgotten, are by in large a pretty solid lot.
If not memorable, Colt Comrades makes for acceptable viewing. An average chapter in the Hoppy string.