'' Forty Thieves '' is a 1944 American

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film starring William Boyd in the lead role of

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. It was directed by

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, produced by Harry Sherman and released by

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. This was the last ''

'' film that producer Harry Sherman produced for United Artists.

Plot summary

Hoppy runs for sheriff, but loses to Jerry Doyle (

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) when every crook in town votes for Doyle. When Hoppy tries to remove him from office Tad Hammond (

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) hires 40 gunslingers to stop him. Once the outlaws have been stopped Deputy California Carson (

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) runs for sheriff.Dunkleberger, Amy, AFI: American Film Institute of Motion Pictures Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1941 - 1950, page 811, American Film Institute, 1999

Cast

* William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy *

as Deputy California Carson *

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as Deputy Jimmy Rogers *

as Tad Hammond *

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as Katherine Reynolds *

as Jerry Doyle *

Herbert Rawlinson Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...

as Buck Peters *

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as Judge Reynolds *

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as Ike Simmons *

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as Jess Clanton * Jack Rockwell as Sam Garms *

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as Joe Garms

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