Underplayed Gems

Border Patrol (1959)

Border Patrol poster
Directed by
Richard Whorf
Genre
drama television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 34 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol chases illegal aliens, drug dealers, and other law breakers along the Canadian and Mexican borders and the coastlines. Each episode is based on real cases from Justice Department files.

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What happens

Border Patrol a/k/a U. S. Border Patrol is a 39-episode syndicated half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired in the United States during 1959, with Richard Webb cast as Don Jagger, the fictitious deputy chief of the Border Patrol. Guest actors in supporting roles include Ben Johnson, Lon Chaney Jr., Don Gordon, and Herbert Rudley Jagger worked in various locations along the Canadian and Mexican borders, as well as by the United States coastlines, in search of illegal aliens, drug dealers, gun runners, and other law breakers. Stories were based on actual events recorded in United States Department of Justice files. Border Patrol was sponsored by the American Oil Company / Amoco, and was seen in 60 markets. Webb made personal appearances at Amoco gas stations to help promote the television program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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