The Border Legion
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joseph Kane
Roy Rogers
George "gabby" Hayes
Carol Hughes
Joseph Sawyer
Maude Eburne
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Steve Kells, a young cowboy from the East, meets Honest John Whittaker on the road to Miles City in the Idaho territory. Steve offers John a ride to town, where John decides to sell shares in the Alder Creek gold mines and Steve finds a job singing at Hurricane Hattie's saloon. Steve soon learns that the territory is being plagued by a band of outlaws called the Border Legion when a stagecoach is held up and Alice Randall, Steve's fiancée and one of the passengers, is wounded. Hattie orders Steve to care for Alice and shows him an article that she had clipped from a New York paper that identifies him as a doctor fleeing from a robbery charge. When Alice regains consciousness, she begs Steve to return to New York with her, but he refuses, knowing that the real thief is Alice's brother. Steve's chance to vindicate his name occurs when Jim Gulden, the leader of the Legion, is wounded during a shootout and abducts Steve to tend his wound. Deciding to infiltrate the gang, Steve gains Gulden's confidence even though Santos, Gulden's right-hand man, distrusts him. After setting a trap for the gang by suggesting that they rob the gold wagons coming from the mines in Alder Creek, Steve notifies the sheriff to load the wagons with men and guns instead of gold, but Santos overhears Steve's instructions and warns Gulden. Despite Santos' warning, Steve and the sheriff round up the desperadoes, and Steve is exonerated of all charges.
Director
Joseph Kane
Cast
Roy Rogers
George "gabby" Hayes
Carol Hughes
Joseph Sawyer
Maude Eburne
Jay Novello
Hal Taliaferro
Dick Wessel
Paul Porcasi
Robert E. Keane
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
I've worked my way up from a common horse thief to a ten-notch man.- Oscar 'Red' McGooney
Trivia
Notes
Modern sources add Ted Mapes, Fred Burns, Post Parks, Art Dillard, Chick Hannon and Charles Baldra to the cast. In an interview, Roy Rogers stated that after the general release of the picture, Republic was forced to change the title to West of the Badlands because of copyright problems.
