Bad Men of the Border (1945)
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).
Director:
Wallace Fox
Writer:
Adele Buffington
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Kirby Grant as Ted Cameron |
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Fuzzy Knight as Mortimer P. Rockabye Jones |
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Armida as Dolores Mendoza |
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John Eldredge as Bart Breslow |
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Barbara Sears as Marie Manning |
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Edward Howard as Ace Morgan (as Edward M. Howard) |
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Francis McDonald as Captain Jose Garcia |
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Soledad Jiménez as Estrella |
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Charles Stevens as Juan |
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Sam Appel as Sanchez |
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Edmund Cobb as Roy |
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Ethan Laidlaw as Gus |
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Pierce Lyden as Joe |
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Gene Roth as Bill |
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Glenn Strange as Sheriff Peters |
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Roy Brent as Ed |
| Directing | Wallace Fox | Director |
| Writing | Adele Buffington | Story |
| Writing | Adele Buffington | Screenplay |
