[.ca] The Rough Riders: Below the Border

"Below the Border (1942) ... The Rough Riders ... Reel Ent. (2007)":
Reel Entertainment and Monogram Pictures present "BELOW THE BORDER" (1942) (digitally remastered), although The Rough Riders had a short run, they turned out some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee screen --- Our story line and plot is the fourth of eight in the Rough Riders series is a better than average oater --- Three U.S. Marshals are working undercover Buck, Tim and Sandy looking for the culprits who killed U.S. Marshal Gordon, a comrade in arms --- Roy Barcroft has forced Dennis Moore who works on the Linda Brent ranch to give him information so his men can steal the family jewels --- Always pretending not to know one another the Rough Riders are on the job --- Buck poses as a wanted outlaw to get into the gang, Tim as a cattle buyer, and Sandy is collecting information as the saloon janitor--- Can they also outwit our favorite villain Charles King (Steve Slade), who is always known as Blackie --- Don't miss a single scene as Buck and King have their final showdown --- Don't miss any of the Rough Riders features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures Under director Howard P. Bretherton, producer Scott R. Dunlap, original story by Jess Bowers ...the cast include Buck Jones (Marshal Buck Roberts), Tim McCoy (Marshal Tim McCall), Raymond Hatton (Sandy Hopkins), Linda Brent (Rosita Garcia), Charles King (Steve Slade, aka Blackie Johnson), Roy Barcroft (Ed Scully), Bud Osborne (Bill/henchman), Eva Puig (Aunt Maria), Dennis Moore (Joe Collins), Reed Howes (Max/henchman), Kermit Maynard (Jeff/henchman), Jack Rockwell (Sheriff J.B. Lawler), Silver (Buck Jones, wonder horse) - - - - Special footnote, actor /producer Buck Jones made over 164 feature films beginning with "Western Blood" (1918/Silent) with a bit part --- Jones final film was "Dawn on the Great Divide" (1942) -- with his famed horse "Silver:, Jones was one of the most successful and popular B-Western actors of the '20s, '30s and '40s, at one time receiving more fan mail than any actor in the world...was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1973 - - - - Second special footnote actor Tim McCoy in real life was a sharpshooter and famed for his fast draw...was an expert on the Old West also an authority on Indian folklore could converse in Indian sign language...McCoy was inducted into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1973, also inducted into "The Cowboy Hall of Fame" in 1974 - - - - Final special footnote, one of my favorite character actors was Johnny Mack's sidekick Raymond Hatton (1887-1971) as Marshall Sandy Hopkins who appeared from 1943 and made 45 films for Monogram Pictures...Hatton who first appeared on film in "Tragic Love" (1909-Silent/unconfirmed), "Oliver Twist" (1917), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), "The Squaw Man" (1931), "Law and Order" (1932)...during the '30s & '40s he played the comical sidekick for Johnny Mack Brown and Bob Livingston...went on to join Buck Jones and Tim McCoy in the "Rough Riders" series...Hatton worked right up to his last film "In Cold Blood" (1967) - - - - Meanwhile this is an exciting Rough Riders western provided by Monogram Pictures during their heyday of the early '40s. SPECIAL FEATURES: BIOS: 1. Buck Jones (aka: Charles Frederick Gebhart) Birth Date: 12/04/1889 - Vincennes, Indiana Died: 11/30/1942 - Boston, MA (fire) 2. Tim McCoy (aka: Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy) Birth Date: 4/10/1891 - Saginaw, Michigan Died: 1/29/1978 - Nogales, Arizona 3. Raymond Hatton (aka: Raymond William Hatton) Birth Date: 7/07/1887 - Red Oak, Iowa Died: 10/21/1971 - Palmdale, California In 1941 the "Rough Riders" series began with Buck as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy was Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton was Marshal Sandy Hopkins for Monogram Pictures: 1. ARIZONA BOUND (Monogram, 1941) 2. THE GUNMAN FROM BODIE (Monogram, 1941) 3. FORBIDDEN TRAILS (Monogram, 1941) 4. BELOW THE BORDER (Monogram, 1942) 5. GHOST TOWN LAW (Monogram, 1942) 6. DOWN TEXAS WAY (Monogram, 1942) 7. RIDERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1942) 8. WEST OF THE LAW (Monogram, 1942) Hats off to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Buck Rainey (author of: The Life and Films of Buck Jones: The Sound Era (Paperback) and Bob Nareau (author of: "The Real" Bob Steele) as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Amazon where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials --- all my heroes have been cowboys! Total Time: 57 min on DVD/VHS ~ Reel Entertainment ~ (4/13/2007)