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Border Badmen

1945 · 55 min

A quick, plain-spoken old Western that rattles through its kidnapping plot without much fuss or surprise.

Directed by
Sam Newfield
Genres
Western
Starring
Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Charles King
Tagline
KING OF THE WILD WEST
Overview
As a 32nd cousin of the recently deceased Silas Stockton, Fuzzy heads for the reading of the will. The bad guys are after the Stockton estate and plan to kidnap Helen Stockton, the primary heir, and replace her with a stooge. When the henchmen catch her she is with Billy and Fuzzy so they kidnap them also. But the three escape and Billy then heads out to find the culprits.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Sam Newfield
Genres
Western
Starring
Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Charles King
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • crime
    • family
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    western
    Directed by
    Sam Newfield
    Written by
    Milton Raison, George Wallace Sayre
    Starring
    Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Charles King, Lorraine Miller, Ray Bennett, Arch Hall Sr., Budd Buster, Marilyn Gladstone
    Runtime
    55 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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