Texas Masquerade

{{short description|1944 film by George Archainbaud}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Texas Masquerade | image = Texas Masquerade poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = George Archainbaud | producer = Harry Sherman | screenplay = Jack Lait Jr. Norman Houston | starring = William Boyd Andy Clyde Jimmy Rogers Don Costello Mady Correll Francis McDonald | music = Irvin Talbot | cinematography = Russell Harlan | editing = Walter Hannemann | studio = Harry Sherman Productions | distributor = United Artists | released = {{Film date|1944|2|8}} | runtime = 58 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Texas Masquerade''''' is a 1944 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud, written by Jack Lait Jr. and Norman Houston, and starring William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Don Costello, Mady Correll and Francis McDonald. It was released on February 8, 1944, by United Artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92651/texas-masquerade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101210420/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92651/Texas-Masquerade/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2014|title=Texas Masquerade (1944) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/texas-masquerade/120065|title=Texas Masquerade|work=TV Guide|accessdate=12 October 2014|archive-date=October 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017101516/http://movies.tvguide.com/texas-masquerade/120065|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plot== Ace Maxson (Don Costello) and J. K. Trimble (Russell Simpson) are using night riders to scare ranchers off their land, for they know oil is under ground. Hoppy finds wounded lawyer James Corwin, (Nelson Leigh) and assumes his identify, but outlaw Sam Nolan (Francis McDonald) recognizes Hoppy.<ref>Matlin, Leonard, Green, Spencer & Edelman, Rob, Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide, Penguin Publishing Group, 2015</ref>

== Cast == * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy * Andy Clyde as California Carlson * Jimmy Rogers as Jimmy Rogers * Don Costello as Ace Maxson * Mady Correll as Virginia Curtis * Francis McDonald as Sam Nolan * Russell Simpson as J.K. Trimble * J. Farrell MacDonald as John Martindale * Nelson Leigh as James Corwin * Robert McKenzie as Marshal Rowbottom * Pierce Lyden as Henchman Al * June Pickerell as Mrs. Emma Martindale * Bill Hunter as Deputy Lou Sykes * John Merton as Henchman Jeff

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0037360|Texas Masquerade}} * {{TCMDb title|id=92651}} * {{AFI film|24202}}

Category:1944 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by George Archainbaud Category:United Artists films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1944 Western (genre) films Category:Hopalong Cassidy films Category:1944 English-language films Category:1944 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films