Border Patrol (American TV series) explained

Company:Chris-Jane Gallu Productions, Inc.
Runtime:30 min.
Starring:Richard Webb
Country:United States
Network:Syndicated
Num Episodes:39
Num Seasons:1

Border Patrol a/k/a U. S. Border Patrol is a 39-episode syndicated half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired in the United States during 1959, with Richard Webb cast as Don Jagger, the fictitious deputy chief of the Border Patrol. Guest actors in supporting roles include Ben Johnson, Lon Chaney Jr., Don Gordon, and Herbert Rudley

Jagger worked in various locations along the Canadian and Mexican borders, as well as by the United States coastlines, in search of illegal aliens, drug dealers, gun runners, and other law breakers.[1] Stories were based on actual events recorded in United States Department of Justice files.[2]

Border Patrol was sponsored by the American Oil Company / Amoco,[3] and was seen in 60 markets. Webb made personal appearances at Amoco gas stations to help promote the television program.[4]

Episodes

No. TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date

Notes and References

  1. Karibo, Holly M., Sin City North: Sex, Drugs, and Citizenship in the Detroit-Windsor Borderland, page 127, University of North Carolina Press, 2015
  2. Book: Terrace . Vincent . Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. . January 10, 2014 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-8641-0 . 1134 . October 15, 2023 . en.
  3. Erickson, Hal, Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947 - 1987, page 48, McFarland, Inc., 2001
  4. photo caption https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/border-patrol-the-cbs-films-syndicated-show-lead-actor-news-photo/660532278