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There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

This was the 64th of 66 Hoppy movies, and it was one of the worst, unfortunately. The few things to like in the movie are: (1) the neat title to the movie, "Borrowed Trouble;" I always liked that; (2) the wordless scenes at the start of the movie — the cowboys driving the cattle through the plains to the railhead; good mountain scenery; (3) Anne O'Neal's performance as the crusty, feisty old schoolmarm was at turns charming and tolerable; and (4) a surprising twist ending when the "mystery" was solved.Those are all minor good points and are weighted down by the many many minutes of bad aspects: tedious repetitive scenes; lack of action; and California's stupid humor that would try the patience of a child. The plot was no great shakes, relied on coincidences (gifts from heaven). The main story line lacked much interest — the noise from a saloon disrupting the teaching of children in the near-by school house.

After selling off some Bar 20 cattle Hoppy, Lucky, and California run into some Borrowed Trouble when the rivalry between two saloon owners takes an interesting twist. Borrowed Trouble is stolen from our cowboy heroes by the performance of Anne O'Neal as one feisty schoolteacher who has it in for one of the saloon owners.Seems as though his place during the daylight hours is quite the fascination for her pupils especially those just starting those pangs of puberty. She emphasizes to Hoppy that John Parrish's place is too much for her to deal with and she's going to close it one way or another. All while telling Hoppy that she's no kind of blue nosed reformer though she sure looks like she belongs in Carry Nation's army.Can't go any farther because this story does take an interesting twist. Let's say that some forensic evidence tells the tale to Hopalong Cassidy who O'Neal insists upon calling William.Some nice scenes with Hoppy and the school kids show why he was such an idol among America's youth and Andy Clyde teaching a bunch of kids all smarter than him is a hoot.One of the better of the later Hopalong Cassidy films. All owing to Anne O'Neal.

This is a bit of a change of pace for a Western. A spinsterish schoolmarm (Anne O'Neal) declares a running feud with saloon owner Mawson (John Parrish) about to open a new establishment right across the street from her school. When Miss Abott breaks the windows of The Golden Mill, Mawson naturally assumes it was done by Davis (Cliff Clark) of the rival Big Dome Saloon. Right there a big old question mark arose in the story for me - why wouldn't Miss Abott be opposed to both gin mills instead of just Mawson's? The Big Dome was just down the street from the one about to open.Well I guess one wasn't supposed to wonder about things like that. Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his pals Lucky Jenkins (Rand Brooks) and California Carlson (Andy Clyde) arrive in town just in time to help settle things down before they get too riled up. There's a nice scene of Hoppy interacting with the school kids, and the youngsters have a fine time propping up a dunce cap atop California's head when he falls asleep watching the classroom.Meanwhile, Miss Abott is kidnapped by Davis's henchmen with the dual objective of blaming it on Mawson and getting his potential competitor to close down. As Hoppy gets to the bottom of the real high-jacker's identity, Miss Abott thwarts a shootout between Davis and Mawson when she targets one of her trusty apples at Davis's gun - talk about an apple a day!Well it's always interesting to catch an old Western like this where the story doesn't revolve around your standard rustling or mineral rights issue. The inclusion of Miss Abott as a surprisingly refreshing comic figure was an added bonus, and I had to chuckle over the way she characterized the three R's the saloon owners brought to town - 'rye, rabble and roulette'.

Miss Abbott (Anne ONeal) is a schoolteacher who is having a running battle with saloon owner Steve Mawson (John Parrish) over the proximity of his saloon to the schoolhouse. Hoppy goes to see the teacher after he catches her breaking the windows in Mawson's saloon by heaving apples through them. Abbott is the stereotypical curmudgeonly, yet curiously likable old spinsterish teacher. Sometimes the supporting actors get all the best lines. After Hoppy introduces himself as Hopalong Cassidy, she tells him "I can't do anything about that, why don't you change it." He informs her that Hopalong is a nickname and that his real name is Bill, so of course she calls him "William" throughout the movie. She also gets in another zinger later when – after she has hit a bad guy – Lucky tells her "You sure knocked him out," she says, "That's nothing, he was unconscious fifteen years ago when he was a student of mine". After the apple-throwing incident, the teacher is kidnapped. Both California and Hoppy briefly look after the school children. Hoppy's scenes with the children are delightful and a highlight of the film. The ending of the film had a nice little twist to it. I agree there's not a lot of action in this film but it is an engaging, funny and quite charming film. As one reviewer said – it's all a matter of taste.