The read
It runs a compact 55m.
Synopsis
Set on the Mexican border in 1850, Bad Men of the Border was the first of seven Universal Westerns starring handsome Kirby Grant, a former singer from Montana who had earlier acted under the name Robert Stanton. The series, Universal's last attempt at competing with Republic Pictures' many streamlined B-Westerns, also featured the bucolic Fuzzy Knight as Grant's sidekick. Grant and Knight are undercover U.S. marshals tracking down a gang of counterfeiters. To their surprise, they are soon assisted by a beautiful Mexican dancehall performer, Dolores Mendoza (Armida), who proves to be an undercover agent as well, in her case for the Mexican rurales headed by Captain Garcia (Francis McDonald).
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Adele BuffingtonScreenplay
- Wallace FoxDirector
Cast
- Kirby GrantTed Cameron
- Fuzzy KnightMortimer P. Rockabye Jones
- ArmidaDolores Mendoza
- John EldredgeBart Breslow
- Barbara SearsMarie Manning
- Edward HowardAce Morgan (as Edward M. Howard)
- Francis McDonaldCaptain Jose Garcia
- Soledad JiménezEstrella
- Charles StevensJuan
- Sam AppelSanchez
- Edmund CobbRoy
- Ethan LaidlawGus
Stills
Themes
smuggling (contraband)u.s. marshal