''Border Law'' is a 1931 American

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film directed by

Louis King Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

and starring

Buck Jones Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones. Early life, milita ...

. The film was remade as ''

Whistlin' Dan ''Whistlin' Dan'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner (wife of Phil Rosen), and Georges Renavent. It was released on March 20, 1932, by Tiffany Productions. It was re-relea ...

'' (1932) and again with

as '' The Fighting Ranger'' (1934).

Premise

Captain Wilks (F.R. Smith) of the Texas Rangers orders Jim Houston (

) and his crew, Thunder Rogers ( Frank Rice) and Jim's brother Bob (Don Chapman), to go to Eureka, Texas to break up the Shag Smith ( Jim Mason) gang.''Border Law'' Detail View
afi.com; accessed August 7, 2015. The film was based on a story by Stuart Anthony.

Cast

as Jim Houston *

Lupita Tovar Guadalupe Natalia Tovar (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-born American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of '' Drácula'', filmed in Los Angeles b ...

as Tonita * Jim Mason as Shag Smith (as James Mason) * Frank Rice as Thunder Rogers * Don Chapman as Bob Houston - Texas Ranger * Lou Hicks as Dave (as Louis Hickus) * F. R. Smith as Captain John Wilkes * John Wallace as Pegleg

Soundtrack

* Frank Rice - "If You Fall in Love" * Lupita Tovar - "Adios Amigo"

References

External links

* * * * * 1931 films 1930s English-language films 1930s Spanish-language films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1931 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films set in Texas 1931 multilingual films American multilingual films Films directed by Louis King 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub