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Although a HR news item indicates that writer Johnston McCulley sold his novel, The Guardian Devil, to Paramount for this film, Paramount Produced Properties listings indicates that the story was an original, and no publication information for the title listed above has been found. According to a Sep 1940 HR news item, production was interrupted for four months to allow time for actor William Boyd to heal from a leg injury. A modern source adds Ed Cassidy, Henry Wills, Chick Hannon and Martin Garralaga to the cast. This film was shot on location in Kernville, CA, and surrounding areas. For additional information on the series, consult the Series Index and see the entry for Hop-Along Cassidy in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40; F3.1990. ...

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Although a HR news item indicates that writer Johnston McCulley sold his novel, The Guardian Devil, to Paramount for this film, Paramount Produced Properties listings indicates that the story was an original, and no publication information for the title listed above has been found. According to a Sep 1940 HR news item, production was interrupted for four months to allow time for actor William Boyd to heal from a leg injury. A modern source adds Ed Cassidy, Henry Wills, Chick Hannon and Martin Garralaga to the cast. This film was shot on location in Kernville, CA, and surrounding areas. For additional information on the series, consult the Series Index and see the entry for Hop-Along Cassidy in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40; F3.1990.

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