The Border Legion (1930)
Cowhand Jim Cleve is wrongly accused of murder and rescued by Jack Kells, leader of a band of Idaho outlaws known as the Border Legion. But when the Legion takes Joan Randall prisoner and leaves Cleve to guard her, he realizes that he cannot remain part of an outlaw band and decides to rescue Joan.
- Date of release
- 1930-06-28
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf
Casting
- Jack Holt — Jack Kells
- Fay Wray — Joan Randall
- Richard Arlen — Jim Cleve
- Eugene Pallette — Bunco Davis
- Stanley Fields — Hack Gulden
- E.H. Calvert — Judge Savin
- Ethan Allen — George Randall
- Syd Saylor — Shrimp
- Hank Bell — Kells Gang Member (uncredited)
- Jim Corey — Kells Gang Member (uncredited)
- Pat Harmon — Kells Gang Member (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Border Legion is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. It stars Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Richard Arlen. It is based on the 1916 novel of the same name by Zane Grey.
Production
The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.
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