TEXAS MASQUERADE is a 1944 American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Jack Lait Jr. and Norman Houston. The film stars William Boyd ( HOPALONG CASSIDY), Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Don Costello, Mady Correll and Francis McDonald. The film was released on February 8, 1944, by United Artists. –WIKIPEDIA
A gang of outlaws are using force to become
possessors of every ranch in the area. Hoppy, of course, is out to stop them.
A gang of outlaws is burning out ranchers and
then their front man is buying out the settlers at bargain prices. But when a
pal of Hopalong's is killed, Cassidy goes to investigate, disguising himself as
foppish, milk-drinking Bostonian to do so in an amusing comic turn.
Boyd, a capable but bland actor was made for this sort of
western, and given the series' start at Paramount, it had a level of gloss,
both in the writing and production that almost all B westerns lacked. Veteran
George Archimbaud directs and the cast includes the always excellent Andy
Clyde, Russel Simpson as the lead villain, the almost forgotten J. Farrel
MacDonald, and Mady Correll as the female lead -- not the love interest, since
Hopalong never smoked, drank or paid attention to women. IMDB