The Border Legion (1924)
Zane Grey's most exciting action-romance. Filmed in the very locale of the story.
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
- 1924-10-19
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- William K. Howard
Casting
- Antonio Moreno — Jim Cleve
- Helene Chadwick — Joan Randle
- Rockliffe Fellowes — Kells
- Gibson Gowland — Gulden
- Charles Ogle — Harvey Roberts
- Jim Corey — Pearce (as James Corey)
- Eddie Gribbon — Blicky (as Edward Gribbon)
- Luke Cosgrave — Bill Randle
Interesting facts
The Border Legion is a lost 1924 American silent Western film directed by William K. Howard and starring Antonio Moreno and Helene Chadwick. Written by George C. Hull and based on the 1916 novel The Border Legion by Zane Grey, the film is about a cowboy who is wrongly accused of murder and is rescued by the leader of a band of Idaho outlaws known as the Border Legion. When the outlaws kidnap a young woman, the cowboy knows that he must help the woman escape. The film premiered on October 19, 1924 in New York City and was released in the United States on November 24, 1924 by Paramount Pictures.
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