Below the Border

Below the Border
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHoward Bretherton
Screenplay byAdele Buffington
Produced byScott R. Dunlap
StarringBuck Jones
Tim McCoy
Raymond Hatton
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byCarl Pierson
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
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Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • January 30, 1942 (1942-01-30)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Below the Border is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Adele Buffington. This is the fourth film in Monogram Pictures' Rough Riders series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins, with Linda Brent, Dennis Moore and Charles King. The film was released on September 26, 1941[1]

Plot

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When villains plan to steal the Garcia jewels, the Rough Riders stop the thieves with Buck impersonating an outlaw, Tim a cattle buyer and Sandy as the janitor of the town's saloon.

Cast

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Production

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Though set in Mexico, in order not to offend the United States' Good Neighbor policy, the Production Code Administration ordered changes to the script to not depict any Mexican outlaws or offensively characterise any Mexican nationals.[2]

See also

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The Rough Riders series:

References

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  1. ^ "The Rough Riders with Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton".
  2. ^ p. 271 Johnson, Benjamin & Graybill, Andrew R. Bridging National Borders in North America: Transnational and Comparative Histories Duke University Press, 7 Apr 2010
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