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The Border Legion is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Kane released in USA on 5 december 1940 with Roy Rogers
The Border Legion (1940)
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Add to a movie listThe Border Legion (titre TV: West of the Badlands) est un western américain réalisé par Joseph Kane et sorti en 1940.
C'est un remake du film portant le même titre d'Otto Brower et Edwin H. Knopf (avec Jack Holt et Fay Wray), sorti en 1930. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle adaptation du roman de Zane Grey publié en 1916.
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Recherché par la police de New York, le docteur Steve Kells fuit vers l'ouest, et arrive dans une contrée ravagée par des hors la loi connus sous le nom de "Légion frontalière".Lorsque le chef du gang est blessé, les hors la loi enlèvent Kells pour qu'il le soigne.Désormais dans l'impossibilité de quitter le gang, Steve Kells feint de le rejoindre, mais prépare un raid qui conduira le bande dans un piège.Actors
Roy Rogers
(Steve Kells)
George "Gabby" Hayes
(Honest John Whittaker)
Carol Hughes
(Alice Randall)
Joe Sawyer
(Jim Gulden)
Maude Eburne
(Hurricane Hattie McGuire)
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