# Border Devils > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Border_Devils > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Border_Devils.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Devils > Source revision: 1339377223 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|1932 film}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Border Devils | director = [William Nigh](/source/William_Nigh) | production_companies = Supreme Features, Inc. | producer = [Louis Weiss](/source/Louis_Weiss_(producer))
[George M. Merrick](/source/George_M._Merrick)
[Alfred T. Mannon](/source/Alfred_T._Mannon) | writer = [Harry L. Fraser](/source/Harry_L._Fraser) | starring = [Harry Carey](/source/Harry_Carey_(actor))
[Kathleen Collins](/source/Kathleen_Collins_(actress))
[Gabby Hayes](/source/Gabby_Hayes) | cinematography = William H. Dietz | editing = [Holbrook Todd](/source/Holbrook_Todd) | distributor = State Rights | country = United States | language = English | runtime = 63 or 65 minutes | released = {{Film date|1932|04|04}} }} thumb | right | alt=Lobby card for the American western film Border Devils (1932) with Harry Carey and Kathleen Collins (1903 – 1994). | Lobby card for the American western film Border Devils (1932) with Harry Carey and Kathleen Collins (1903 – 1994). '''''Border Devils''''' is a 1932 [pre-Code](/source/pre-Code) American [Western](/source/Western_(genre)) black and white [sound film](/source/sound_film) directed by [William Nigh](/source/William_Nigh) and starring [Harry Carey](/source/Harry_Carey_(actor)), [Kathleen Collins](/source/Kathleen_Collins_(actress)), and [Gabby Hayes](/source/Gabby_Hayes).The [AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films) 1893-1993:[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/876-BORDER-DEVILS ''Border Devils''] The film is Collins's last role and her only sound film.{{cn|date=August 2024}} ==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.{{cite web |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Border Devils (1932) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/border-devils-v6700 |website=AllMovie |access-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210921005222/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/border-devils-v6700 |archive-date=September 21, 2021}} ==Cast== * [Harry Carey](/source/Harry_Carey_(actor)) as Jim Gray * [Kathleen Collins](/source/Kathleen_Collins_(actress)) as Marcia Brandon * [Gabby Hayes](/source/George_%22Gabby%22_Hayes) as Dude Sanders * [Niles Welch](/source/Niles_Welch) as Tom Hope * [Olive Carey](/source/Olive_Carey) as Ethel Denham * [Albert J. Smith](/source/Albert_J._Smith_(actor)) as Inspector Bell * [Merrill McCormick](/source/Merrill_McCormick) as Jose Lopez * [Art Mix](/source/Art_Mix) as Bud Brandon * [Tetsu Komai](/source/Tetsu_Komai) as The General == Production == === Script === The film was written by [Harry P. Crist](/source/Harry_Fraser_(director)) ( credited for "script and continuity' under this pen name is the American director Harry Fraser{{Cite web |title=» A Western Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: BORDER DEVILS (1932). |url=https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=26611 |access-date=2023-03-20}}). The story was based upon the novel ''Dead Man's Shoes'',{{Cite book |last1=Stallings |first1=Billee J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlzDIV6NKacC&dq=border+devils+leinster&pg=PA213 |title=Murray Leinster: The Life and Works |last2=Evans |first2=Jo-an J. |date=2011-08-12 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8715-8 |language=en}} by [Murray Leinster](/source/Murray_Leinster). === Shooting === According to a contemporary issue of [''The'' ''Film Daily''](/source/The_Film_Daily), certain scenes were filmed in [Palm Springs, California](/source/Palm_Springs%2C_California). == Cast == The film features Gabby Hayes in one of his earliest credited roles, a sidekick figure that would become his signature character.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-22 |title=Border Devils (1932) |url=https://theconstantbleeder.com/bmoviescult/border-devils-1932/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=The Constant Bleeder |language=en-US}} == Release == ''Border Devils'' was theatrically released in the United States on April 4, 1932. The film was released on DVD in August 2011 by [Alpha Video](/source/Alpha_Video).{{Cite web |title=Border Devils (1932) On DVD |url=https://www.lovingtheclassics.com/border-devils-1932-on-dvd.html |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=www.lovingtheclassics.com |language=en}} == Themes == This film has been noted for the unexpected presence in a Western, of [Yellow Peril](/source/Yellow_Peril) themes, embodied in the character of the villain, a mysterious 'oriental' criminal figure known as the General.{{Cite web |title=Border Devils (1932) starring Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Niles Welch, Olive Carey, Albert J. Smith, Tetsu Komai directed by William Nigh Movie Review |url=https://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/border-devils-1932/border-devils-1932.html |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=www.themoviescene.co.uk}} Commentators generally underline the weight of the original novel, a typical [Leinster](/source/Murray_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."{{Cite web |title=» A Western Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: BORDER DEVILS (1932). |url=https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=26611 |access-date=2023-03-29}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022705/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Border Devils at IMDb.com] {{William Nigh}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Border Devils}} Category:1932 films Category:1932 Western (genre) films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by William Nigh Category:Films with screenplays by Harry L. 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