{{short description|1942 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Below the Border | image = File:Below the Border.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Howard Bretherton | producer = Scott R. Dunlap | screenplay = Adele Buffington | starring = Buck Jones<br>Tim McCoy<br>Raymond Hatton | music = Edward J. Kay | cinematography = Harry Neumann | editing = Carl Pierson | studio = Monogram Pictures | distributor = Monogram Pictures | released = {{Film date|1942|1|30}} | runtime = 57 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} {{The Rough Riders series}}
'''''Below the Border''''' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Adele Buffington. This is the fourth film in Monogram Pictures' ''Rough Riders'' series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins, with Linda Brent, Dennis Moore and Charles King. The film was released on September 26, 1941<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/trio1.htm|title = The Rough Riders with Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton}}</ref>
==Plot== When villains plan to steal the Garcia jewels, the Rough Riders stop the thieves with Buck impersonating an outlaw, Tim a cattle buyer and Sandy as the janitor of the town's saloon.
==Cast== *Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts aka Bob 'Bodie' Bronson *Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall *Raymond Hatton as Sandy Hopkins *Linda Brent as Rosita Garcia *Dennis Moore as Joe Collins *Charles King as Steve Slade *Eva Puig as Aunt Maria *Roy Barcroft as Ed Scully *Kermit Maynard as Jeff *Bud Osborne as Hal
==Production== Though set in Mexico, in order not to offend the United States' Good Neighbor policy, the Production Code Administration ordered changes to the script to not depict any Mexican outlaws or offensively characterise any Mexican nationals.<ref>p. 271 Johnson, Benjamin & Graybill, Andrew R. ''Bridging National Borders in North America: Transnational and Comparative Histories'' Duke University Press, 7 Apr 2010</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0034505|Below the Border}} {{Howard Bretherton}}
Category:1942 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1942 Western (genre) films Category:Monogram Pictures films Category:Films directed by Howard Bretherton Category:1942 English-language films Category:1942 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films Category:Good Neighbor policy