Below the Border explained

Below the Border
Director:Howard Bretherton
Producer:Scott R. Dunlap
Screenplay:Adele Buffington
Starring:Buck Jones
Tim McCoy
Raymond Hatton
Music:Edward J. Kay
Cinematography:Harry Neumann
Studio:Monogram Pictures
Distributor:Monogram Pictures
Runtime:57 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

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

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

Production

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

The Rough Riders series:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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