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The Border Legion (1940)

The Border Legion poster
Directed by
Joseph Kane
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
58 min
Rated
G
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cowboy rides into a town to help a woman whose father has gone missing. He joins forces with a comical sidekick to stand up against a gang of outlaws causing trouble.

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What happens

The Border Legion (TV edit: West of the Badlands) is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Olive Cooper and Louis Stevens. It is based on the 1916 novel The Border Legion by Zane Grey. The film stars Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Hughes, Joe Sawyer, Maude Eburne and Jay Novello. The film was released on December 5, 1940, by Republic Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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