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Border Guns

Border Guns

19340h 55m

Overview

A cowboy drifting around the border gets mixed up with Mexican revolutionary gun smuggling when he becomes friends and rivals with the chief smuggler.

Directed by Jack Nelson
Written by Oliver Drake
Produced by Robert J. Horner
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Top Cast

Bill Cody

Bill Cody

Bill Harris, AKA Bill Austin

Blanche Mehaffey

Blanche Mehaffey

Jane Wilson

George Chesebro

George Chesebro

Captain Salinas, AKA The Eagle

Fred Church

Fred Church

Buck Morgan

William Desmond

William Desmond

Dr. Jim Wilson

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

Tulsa Pete Hensen

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Fred Palmer

B

Barney Beasley

Henchman

D

Doris Brook

Rita Canrilla

F

Frank Clark

Storekeeper

Themes & Keywords

mexican revolutioncowboythe old westsmugglers

About Border Guns

Border Guns is a western film released in 1934 exploring themes of mexican revolution, cowboy, the old west, smugglers. Directed by Jack Nelson, it stars Bill Cody, Blanche Mehaffey, George Chesebro. A cowboy drifting around the border gets mixed up with Mexican revolutionary gun smuggling when he becomes friends and rivals with the chief smuggler.

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