Bad Men of the Border

Jun 1, 1945

0h 55m

★ 5.5

Bordertown Thrills!

Overview

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).

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Ted Cameron

Kirby Grant

Mortimer P. Rockabye Jones

Fuzzy Knight

Dolores Mendoza

Armida

Bart Breslow

John Eldredge

Marie Manning

Barbara Sears

Ace Morgan (as Edward M. Howard)

Edward Howard

Captain Jose Garcia

Francis McDonald

Estrella

Soledad Jiménez

Juan

Charles Stevens

Sanchez

Sam Appel

Roy

Edmund Cobb

Gus

Ethan Laidlaw

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