# Texas Masquerade

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{{short description|1944 film by George Archainbaud}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Texas Masquerade
| image          = Texas Masquerade poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [George Archainbaud](/source/George_Archainbaud)
| producer       = [Harry Sherman](/source/Harry_Sherman)
| screenplay     = Jack Lait Jr.<br>Norman Houston
| starring       = [William Boyd](/source/William_Boyd_(actor))<br>[Andy Clyde](/source/Andy_Clyde)<br>[Jimmy Rogers](/source/Jimmy_Rogers_(actor))<br>[Don Costello](/source/Don_Costello)<br>[Mady Correll](/source/Mady_Correll)<br>[Francis McDonald](/source/Francis_McDonald)
| music          = Irvin Talbot
| cinematography = [Russell Harlan](/source/Russell_Harlan)
| editing        = [Walter Hannemann](/source/Walter_Hannemann)
| studio         = Harry Sherman Productions
| distributor    = [United Artists](/source/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](/source/Western_film) directed by [George Archainbaud](/source/George_Archainbaud), written by Jack Lait Jr. and Norman Houston, and starring [William Boyd](/source/William_Boyd_(actor)), [Andy Clyde](/source/Andy_Clyde), Jimmy Rogers, [Don Costello](/source/Don_Costello), [Mady Correll](/source/Mady_Correll) and [Francis McDonald](/source/Francis_McDonald). It was released on February 8, 1944, by [United Artists](/source/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](/source/Don_Costello)) and J. K. Trimble ([Russell Simpson](/source/Russell_Simpson_(actor))) 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](/source/Nelson_Leigh)) and assumes his identify, but outlaw Sam Nolan ([Francis McDonald](/source/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](/source/William_Boyd_(actor)) as [Hopalong Cassidy](/source/Hopalong_Cassidy)
* [Andy Clyde](/source/Andy_Clyde) as California Carlson
* [Jimmy Rogers](/source/Jimmy_Rogers_(actor)) as Jimmy Rogers
* [Don Costello](/source/Don_Costello) as Ace Maxson
* [Mady Correll](/source/Mady_Correll) as Virginia Curtis
* [Francis McDonald](/source/Francis_McDonald) as Sam Nolan
* [Russell Simpson](/source/Russell_Simpson_(actor)) as J.K. Trimble
* [J. Farrell MacDonald](/source/J._Farrell_MacDonald) as John Martindale
* [Nelson Leigh](/source/Nelson_Leigh) as James Corwin
* [Robert McKenzie](/source/Bob_McKenzie_(actor)) as Marshal Rowbottom
* [Pierce Lyden](/source/Pierce_Lyden) as Henchman Al
* June Pickerell as Mrs. Emma Martindale 
* Bill Hunter as Deputy Lou Sykes
* John Merton as Henchman Jeff

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

{{George Archainbaud}}

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

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