Border Vigilantes

{{short description|1941 film by Derwin Abrahams}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Border Vigilantes

| image = Border Vigilantes poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Derwin Abrahams

| producer = Harry Sherman

| screenplay = J. Benton Cheney

| starring = William Boyd
Russell Hayden
Andy Clyde
Frances Gifford
Victor Jory
Ethel Wales
Morris Ankrum

| music = John Leipold

| cinematography = Russell Harlan

| editing = Robert B. Warwick Jr.

| studio = Harry Sherman Productions

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1941|4|18}}

| runtime = 63 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Border Vigilantes is a 1941 American Western film directed by Derwin Abrahams and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Frances Gifford, Victor Jory, Ethel Wales and Morris Ankrum. The film was released on April 18, 1941, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6713/Border-Vigilantes/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403010126/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6713/Border-Vigilantes/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-03 |title=Border-Vigilantes - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2015 |accessdate=2015-03-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69395/border-vigilantes |title=Border Vigilantes (1941) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-03-17}}

Border Vigilantes was the 34th entry in the Hopalong Cassidy western series, with 32 more still on the way.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/border-vigilantes-v6713|title=Border Vigilantes (1941) - Derwin Abrahams, Derwin M. Abrahams | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}

Plot

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Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), California Carlson (Andy Clyde) and Lucky Jenkins (Russell Hayden) ride into a town bedevilled by outlaw raids, despite the existence of a local vigilante committee. Sensing that something's wrong with this set-up, Hoppy does a bit of digging and discovers that the outlaw chieftain is the head of the vigilantes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/border-vigilantes-v6713|title=Border Vigilantes (1941) - Derwin Abrahams, Derwin M. Abrahams | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}

Cast

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