Outlaws of the Desert

Hoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a sheik and a harem and a kidnapping plot.

Cast

William Boyd

as Hopalong Cassidy

Andy Clyde

as California Carlson

Brad King

as Johnny Nelson

Duncan Renaldo

as Sheik Suleiman

Jean Phillips

as Susan Grant

Forrest Stanley

as Charles Grant

Nina Guilbert

as Mrs. Jane Grant

Luli Deste

as Marie Karitza

Alberto Morin

as Nicki Karitza

George J. Lewis

as Yussuf

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