Bad Men of the Border

The story

Set on the Mexican border in 1850, Bad Men of the Border was the first of seven Universal Westerns starring handsome Kirby Grant, a former singer from Montana who had earlier acted under the name Robert Stanton. The series, Universal's last attempt at competing with Republic Pictures' many streamlined B-Westerns, also featured the bucolic Fuzzy Knight as Grant's sidekick. Grant and Knight are undercover U.S. marshals tracking down a gang of counterfeiters. To their surprise, they are soon assisted by a beautiful Mexican dancehall performer, Dolores Mendoza (Armida), who proves to be an undercover agent as well, in her case for the Mexican rurales headed by Captain Garcia (Francis McDonald).

Cast & crew

Kirby GrantTed Cameron

Fuzzy KnightMortimer P. Rockabye Jones

ArmidaDolores Mendoza

John EldredgeBart Breslow

Barbara SearsMarie Manning

Edward Howard

Edward HowardAce Morgan (as Edward M. Howard)

Francis McDonaldCaptain Jose Garcia

Soledad JiménezEstrella

Charles StevensJuan

Sam AppelSanchez

Edmund CobbRoy

Ethan LaidlawGus