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"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Raiders of the Border (1944)"
VCI Entertainment and Monogram Pictures present "Raiders of the Border" (1944) (digitally remastered), long running Johnny Mack Brown series turned out in the late '40s...this better than average oater, once again working undercover, Johnny Mack Brown (Nevada Jack McKenzie) and Raymond Hatton (Sandy Hopkins) are looking for jewel smugglers along the border...Hatton posing as a hard of hearing wagon driver works for Ellen Hall picking up pottery...a piece of potery is broken and the hidden jewels are discovered...Ernie Adams the original driver is killed and Edmund Cobb along with Dick Alexander and Kermit Maynard are in the thick of things...can the jewel thieves outwit Johnny Mack and Hatton, will this story have all the thrills and adventures we're use too...only the screenwriter and director will tell the rest of the Monogram cast...all this and more will become clear during the last reel of this adventure. <
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>Under director John P. McCarthy, executive director Trem Carr, supervised by Chas. J. Bigelow, produced by Scott R. Dunlap, screenplay by Jess Bowers, original story by Johnston McCulley, director of photography Harry Neumann, musical director Edward Kay...the cast include Johnny Mack Brown (Nevada Jack McKenzie), Raymond Hatton (Sandy Hopkins), Craig Wood (Joe), Ellen Hall (Bonita Bayne), Rau Nemmett (Harsh), Edmund Cobb (McGee), Ernie Adams (Whiskey Wiley), Dick Alexander (Steve Rollins), Lynton Brent (Davis), Stanley Price (Blackie), Kermit Maynard. . . . . .special footnote one of my favorite character actors was Johnny Mack's sidekick Raymond Hatton (1887-1971) as Marshall Sandy Hopkins who appeared from 1943 and made 45 films for Monogram Pictures...Hatton who first appeared on film in "Tragic Love" (1909-Silent/unconfirmed), "Oliver Twist" (1917), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), "The Squaw Man" (1931), "Law and Order" (1932)...during the '30s & '40s he played the comical sidekick for Johnny Mack Brown and Bob Livingston...went on to join Buck Jones and Tim McCoy in the "Rough Riders" series...Hatton worked right up to his last film "In Cold Blood" (1967). . . . . .second footnote, actress Ellen Hall started her career in a few B-Westerns..."Outlaw of Stampede Pass" (1943), "Raiders of the Border" (1944) and "Range law" (1944) all three with Johnny Mack Brown..."Lumberjack" (1944) with Hopalong Cassidy..."Call of the Rockies" (1944) with Sunset Carson..."Brand of the Devil" (1944) with Newill/O'Brien..."Thunder Town" (1946) with Bob Steele..."Lawless Code" (1949) with Jimmy Wakely, made several appearances in The Cisco Kid TV series.. . . . . . . .final footnote, Ernie Adams one of the most talented B-Western actors with his little weasley ways..from 1930 until 1947 Ernie worked 17 years in over 350 films...besides his outlaw and fink squealer roles he appeared as a sidekick with Tom Keene and Bob Steele...he was like a kid that gets into everything, always asking for something to do with his directors. . . . . . . .. check out this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today. . . . . . . . meanwhile back to another great Johnny Mack B-Western provided by Monogram Pictures during their heyday of the early '40s. <
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>SPECIAL FEATURES: <
>BIOS: <
>1. Johnny Mack Brown <
>Birth Date: 9/01/1904 - Dothan, Alabama <
>Died: 11/14/1974 - Woodland Hills, California (cardiac condition) <
>2. Raymond William Hatton <
>Birth Date: 7/07/1887 - Red Oak, Iowa <
>Died: 10/21/1971 - Palmdale, California (heart attack) <
>3. Ellen Hall <
>Birth Date: 4/18/1922 - Los Angeles, CA <
>Died: 3/24/1999 - Bellevue, NE <
>4. Ernie S. Adams <
>Birth Date: 6/18/1885 - San Francisco, CA <
>Died: 11/26/1947 - Los Angeles, CA <
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>If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features by Johnny Mack Brown: <
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>JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES: <
>1. Raiders of San Joaquin/Law of the Range (VCI #7226) <
>2. Pony Post/Ragtime Cowboy Joe (VCI #7238) <
>3. Brand A Coward/Rogue of the Range (VCI #7244) <
>4. Guns in the Dark/Partner of the Trail (VCI #7260) <
>5. Bar Z Bad Men/Between Men (VCI #7282) <
>6. Bad Man from Red Butte/Rawhide Rangers (VCI #8348) <
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>Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above five titles as they are not available on Amazon as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment...if you enjoyed "Raiders of the Border" (1944), why not pick up other copies of Johnny Mack Brown Double Features. <
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>Bobby J. Copeland's book on "Johnny Mack Brown: Up Close & Personal" is chuck full of answers to all the questions his fans had from early on...when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said...plenty of thrills, adventure and loaded with action...Johnny Mack was a natural for the western, his riding abilities and fight scenes were of the the same caliber as Buck Jones and Bob Steele...Johnny Mack sets the saddle better than Duke Wayne...seems Johnny got better with the more films he made and the scripts were always top notch...he was one of the best-liked people in films, what you saw on the screen is what he really was, a great human being...pickup your copy from Amazon or Empire Publishing both have this in stock. <
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>Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more of the same from the '30s & '40s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again with a top notch B-Western from VCI...just the way we like 'em! <
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>Total Time: 53 min on VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1289 ~ (12/03/2003)