Английская Википедия:Border Devils
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Border Devils is a 1932 pre-Code American Western black and white sound film directed by William Nigh and starring Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, and Gabby Hayes.[1] The film is Collins's last role and her only sound film.[2]
Plot
A man, Jim Gray, is wrongfully put in jail; he escapes to prove his innocence and reveal the real criminal. In the process, Gray discovers a second criminal who has been working behind the scenes with the more obvious villain.[3]
Cast
- Harry Carey as Jim Gray
- Kathleen Collins as Marcia Brandon
- Gabby Hayes as Dude Sanders
- Niles Welch as Tom Hope
- Olive Carey as Ethel Denham
- Albert J. Smith as Inspector Bell
- Merrill McCormick as Jose Lopez
- Art Mix as Bud Brandon
- Tetsu Komai as The General
Production
Script
The film was written by Harry P. Crist ( credited for "script and continuity' under this pen name is the American director Harry Fraser[4]). The story was based upon the novel Dead Man's Shoes,[5] by Murray Leinster.[4]
Shooting
According to a contemporary issue of The Film Daily, certain scenes were filmed in Palm Springs, California.[1]
Cast
The film features Gabby Hayes in one of his earliest credited roles, a sidekick figure that would become his signature character.[6]
Release
Border Devils was theatrically released in the United States on April 4, 1932.[1] The film was released on DVD in August 2011 by Alpha Video.[7]
Themes
This film has been noted for the unexpected presence in a Western, of Yellow Peril themes, embodied in the character of the villain, a mysterious 'oriental' criminal figure known as the General.[4][8][6]
Commentators generally underline the weight of the original novel, a typical Leinster tale, in this adaptation: "the massive conspiracy that figures in his sci-fi, the shifting identity of the hero, and the generally peripatetic nature of the tale as our cowboy commandos shuttle hither and yon like horsing lot attendant."[9]
References
External links
- Английская Википедия
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- 1932 Western (genre) films
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- Films directed by William Nigh
- Films with screenplays by Harry L. Fraser
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films
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