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Border Saddlemates

1952 · 67 min

A gentle, song-filled ride through a friendly small town, with mild mystery and easygoing charm.

Directed by
William Witney
Genres
Western
Starring
Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Roy Barcroft
Tagline
RIDE!..REX...RIDE! - HIT THE TRAIL TO HIGH ADVENTURE!
Overview
Rex Allen ('Rex Allen'), a U. S. government veterinarian, rides into the picturesque town of Pine Rock, near the Canadian border, to take the place of the regular vet who is on vacation. Used to doctoring animals in Texas, Allen finds out that herein the heart of the fox-farming industry, he is to doctor the most finicky and high-priced of fur on four feet. On the farm of Mel Richards (Tom London), Allen learns the habits of the valuable creatures from Richard's niece, Jane (Mary Ellen Kay, and her ten-year-old brother Danny (Jimmy Moss'), and on his own learns that the trusted owner of the trading post, Steve Baxter (Roy Barcroft) heads a gang that is smuggling counterfeit money across the American/Canadian border in the fox cages.

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Directed by
William Witney
Genres
Western
Starring
Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Roy Barcroft
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • friendship
  • family
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
William Witney
Written by
Albert DeMond
Starring
Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Roy Barcroft, Forrest Taylor, Mary Ellen Kay, Jimmy Moss, Keith McConnell, Zon Murray
Runtime
67 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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