Breed of the Border
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert N. Bradbury
Bob Steele
Marion Byron
Ernie Adams
George Hayes
Henry Roquemore
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Joe, the killer, who has just escaped from prison, hires cowboy athlete Speed Brent, whose recent road race victory has been acclaimed in the newspapers, to drive him to the Mexican border before daylight. Once there, Speed is knocked out by Joe's cohorts. Joe breaks into the ranch house of Judge Stafford, who sent him to prison two years earlier, and after shooting the judge, steals $50,000 in bonds. Chuck Wiggins, the judge's bearded cowhand, hears the shot and calls a doctor, who, on his way to the ranch, picks up Speed, still dazed from the blow. Chuck, who ran Speed's father's ranch for fifteen years, recognizes the man he once taught to shoot and ride, and after the doctor saves the judge's life, Chuck and Speed vow to find the attacker. They go to a border saloon to look for a man who lost a rowel jumping over the fence at the ranch. When a man tries to dance with Sonia Bedford, a new singer and dancer from New York, against her will, Speed fights him. After Speed and Chuck shoot the guns out of the hands of two men, the man without a rowel takes them to see Joe, who is looking to hire two men quick on the trigger to drive steers across the border and shoot anyone who interferes. Joe does not recognize Speed, who wore a helmet and goggles when he earlier drove Joe. A week later, Sonia, really a government spy, learns about a secret list of names that Joe's gang plans to smuggle across the border, and she informs the U.S. Customs inspector. One of Joe's men, however, sees her and tells Joe and his French partner, Mike Cavins. Joe orders the German saloon keeper, Dutch Krause, to keep Sonia from leaving. After Speed and Chuck discover the list of names hidden in the false horn of a steer that they are driving across the border, they stop at the saloon. When Speed learns that Sonia is being held against her will, they help her escape, and Speed brings her to Joe's hideout. Joe locks Sonia up and recognizes Speed by his ring, whereupon they fight. Although Speed knocks Joe out, Joe escapes with the bonds when Speed goes to rescue Sonia. Confronted by Mike, who brandishes a sword, Speed fences with him and disarms him. Speed rides a horse to his roadster and chases Joe into the hills, where Joe drives onto a blocked road and crashes over a cliff to his death. Speed returns the bonds to Judge Stafford and, after learning that Sonia is really the judge's niece, promises someday to take her away from the judge.
Director
Robert N. Bradbury
Cast
Bob Steele
Marion Byron
Ernie Adams
George Hayes
Henry Roquemore
Fred Cavens
John Elliott
Perry Murdock
Bob Card
Crew
Trem Carr
Edward Cox
Dean Daily
Faxon Dean
E. R. Hickson
Harry O. Jones
Harry O. Jones
Paul Malvern
Guy Newhardt
Carl Pierson
Jerry Roberts
William Smith
Archie Stout
John Stransky Jr.
Joe Walters
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
According to Motion Picture Herald, there is a rodeo demonstration by Bob Steele at the opening of the film, but these scenes were not in the print viewed. In an early scene, the character played by George Hayes is called "George," while in subsequent scenes he is called "Chuck Wiggins." Reviews and the pressbook in the copyright descriptions list Wilfred Lucas as a cast member and do not list John Elliott, who is given screen credit. Motion Picture Herald specifically credits the role of "Judge Stafford" to Lucas, but a viewing of the film reveals that Elliott actually played the role. It is possible that Lucas played another role in the film. Modern sources list as additional cast members Hal Price, Horace B. Carpenter, Blackie Whiteford and Ray Jones.
