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When Bill Cassidy returns to the Bar-20 ranch from Texas, his friend Buck Peters hires him to be the line foreman. The neighboring ranch owner, Jim Meeker, has been sending his cattle onto Bar-20 land for water against Buck's wishes. Jim's foreman Jack Anthony, working with cattle rustlers, fuels this argument over water rights to obscure their operations by killing Meeker's cowhands and stealing from both herds. Johnny Nelson, a young cowhand at the Bar-20, falls in love with Jim's daughter...

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Hopalong Cassidy - Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2

Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He was shot in the leg during a gun fight which caused him to walk with a little "hop", hence the nickname.

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