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Bad Men of the Border
“Bordertown Thrills!”
5.5 / 10• 1945• 55m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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).
Cast & Crew
Kirby Grant
Ted Cameron
Lead
Fuzzy Knight
Mortimer P. Rockabye Jones
Armida
Dolores Mendoza
John Eldredge
Bart Breslow
Barbara Sears
Marie Manning
EH
Edward Howard
Ace Morgan (as Edward M. Howard)
Francis McDonald
Captain Jose Garcia
Soledad Jiménez
Estrella
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wallace Fox's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bad Men of the Border is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
