Border Law | |
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Directed by | Louis King |
Written by | Stuart Anthony (story and dialogue) |
Starring | Buck Jones |
Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
Edited by | Otto Meyer |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes 61 minutes (Sony Pictures Television print) |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Spanish |
Border Law is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones. The film was remade as Whistlin' Dan (1932) and again with Buck Jones as The Fighting Ranger (1934). [1]
The film was based on a story by Stuart Anthony. [2]
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