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Bordertown (1989)

Bordertown poster
Genre
western, drama
Country
United States, Canada
Length
3 seasons, 78 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the 1880s, a small town lies on the border between the United States and Canada. A U.S. Marshal and a Mountie work together to keep the peace there.

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What happens

Bordertown is a western drama television series that aired 78 half-hour episodes from 1989 to 1991. It is set during the 1880s in a small town that straddles the United States and Canadian border, and law enforcement duties are shared between a U.S. Marshal and a North-West Mounted Police corporal. The series was a co-production between Canada's Alliance Corporation and France's Tele-Image. It first aired on the American cable network The Family Channel on January 7, 1989, and was seen on Canada's CTV beginning in 1990. A 1989 newspaper article stated that contracts were being prepared for the series to air in France, Italy, and several other European countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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