Border Badmen

Director: Sam Newfield Sam Newfield

Overview

Fuzzy Q. Jones (Al St. John) discovers that he may be an heir to a ranch in this ho-hum entry in PRC's Billy Carson Western series. But as Fuzz and Billy (Larry "Buster" Crabbe) soon learn the hard way, other parties arrive to claim the inheritance, including pretty Helen Stockton (Lorraine Miller), the dead man's niece. Merritt (Charles King), who is hoping to grab the loot himself, has Helen kidnapped and substituted with a tough-looking underling, Roxie (Marilyn Gladstone), but Billy and Fuzzy are right there to rescue the damsel-in-distress. As it turns out, Fuzzy is only the late rancher's 35th cousin and his inheritance consists of exactly one dollar and a bundle of unpaid bills.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/03/2020
UPC:	0089218836793
Original Release:	1945
Source:	Alpha Video
Language:	English
Sales rank:	54,881

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Buster Crabbe	Billy Carson
Fuzzy St. John	Fuzzy Q. Jones,Fuzzy Jones
Lorraine Miller	Helen Stockton
Charles King	Merritt
Ray Bennett	Deputy Spencer
Arch Hall Sr.	Gilian
Budd Buster	Evans
Marilyn Gladstone	Rosie
Marin Sais	Mrs. Bentley
Bud Osborne	Actor
Bob Kortman	Actor
Frank Sanucci	Composer

Technical Credits

George Milton

Sam Newfield	Director
Sigmund Neufeld	Producer
George Milton	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Once in a while, bottom-feeder studio PRC managed to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. Regrettably, Border Badmen was not one of those occasions. Badly photographed, directed, and acted (from which third-rate chorus-line did they get bleach blonde Marilyn Gladstone?), the little Western comes alive only when Al St. John performs his usual shtick, this time in a haunted hotel setting complete with sliding panels and a mystery assassin. Unfortunately, these scenes are so darkly lit as to cause severe eye-strain.

All Movie Guide - Hans J. Wollstein