Border Devils
{{short description|1932 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Border Devils
| director = William Nigh
| production_companies = Supreme Features, Inc.
| producer = Louis Weiss
George M. Merrick
Alfred T. Mannon
| writer = Harry L. Fraser
| starring = Harry Carey
Kathleen Collins
Gabby Hayes
| cinematography = William H. Dietz
| editing = Holbrook Todd
| distributor = State Rights
| country = United States
| language = English
| runtime = 63 or 65 minutes
| released = {{Film date|1932|04|04}}
}}
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Border Devils is a 1932 pre-Code American Western black and white sound film directed by William Nigh and starring Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, and Gabby Hayes.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/876-BORDER-DEVILS Border Devils] The film is Collins's last role and her only sound film.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
Plot
A man, Jim Gray, is wrongfully put in jail; he escapes to prove his innocence and reveal the real criminal. In the process, Gray discovers a second criminal who has been working behind the scenes with the more obvious villain.{{cite web |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Border Devils (1932) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/border-devils-v6700 |website=AllMovie |access-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210921005222/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/border-devils-v6700 |archive-date=September 21, 2021}}
Cast
- Harry Carey as Jim Gray
- Kathleen Collins as Marcia Brandon
- Gabby Hayes as Dude Sanders
- Niles Welch as Tom Hope
- Olive Carey as Ethel Denham
- Albert J. Smith as Inspector Bell
- Merrill McCormick as Jose Lopez
- Art Mix as Bud Brandon
- Tetsu Komai as The General
Production
= Script =
The film was written by Harry P. Crist ( credited for "script and continuity' under this pen name is the American director Harry Fraser{{Cite web |title=» A Western Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: BORDER DEVILS (1932). |url=https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=26611 |access-date=2023-03-20}}). The story was based upon the novel Dead Man's Shoes,{{Cite book |last1=Stallings |first1=Billee J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlzDIV6NKacC&dq=border+devils+leinster&pg=PA213 |title=Murray Leinster: The Life and Works |last2=Evans |first2=Jo-an J. |date=2011-08-12 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8715-8 |language=en}} by Murray Leinster.
= Shooting =
According to a contemporary issue of The Film Daily, certain scenes were filmed in Palm Springs, California.
Cast
The film features Gabby Hayes in one of his earliest credited roles, a sidekick figure that would become his signature character.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-22 |title=Border Devils (1932) |url=https://theconstantbleeder.com/bmoviescult/border-devils-1932/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=The Constant Bleeder |language=en-US}}
Release
Border Devils was theatrically released in the United States on April 4, 1932. The film was released on DVD in August 2011 by Alpha Video.{{Cite web |title=Border Devils (1932) On DVD |url=https://www.lovingtheclassics.com/border-devils-1932-on-dvd.html |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=www.lovingtheclassics.com |language=en}}
Themes
This film has been noted for the unexpected presence in a Western, of Yellow Peril themes, embodied in the character of the villain, a mysterious 'oriental' criminal figure known as the General.{{Cite web |title=Border Devils (1932) starring Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Niles Welch, Olive Carey, Albert J. Smith, Tetsu Komai directed by William Nigh Movie Review |url=https://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/border-devils-1932/border-devils-1932.html |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=www.themoviescene.co.uk}}
Commentators generally underline the weight of the original novel, a typical Leinster tale, in this adaptation: "the massive conspiracy that figures in his sci-fi, the shifting identity of the hero, and the generally peripatetic nature of the tale as our cowboy commandos shuttle hither and yon like horsing lot attendant."{{Cite web |title=» A Western Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: BORDER DEVILS (1932). |url=https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=26611 |access-date=2023-03-29}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022705/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Border Devils at IMDb.com]
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Category:1932 Western (genre) films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by William Nigh
Category:Films with screenplays by Harry L. Fraser