| Synopsis: The cattle rustlers in Border Cafe, a modern-day western from the RKO B-unit, are Eastern gangsters headed by none other than that old reprobate J. Carrol Naish. After having landed in jail for drunken driving for the umpteenth time, young Bostonian Keith Whitney (John Beal callously leaves his fiancé (Marjorie Lord) behind and takes off on a whim for Verde, Texas, where he inhales huge amounts of scotch and plays the honky tonk. In the mistaken belief that his son is operating a cattle ranch, Senator ... Full Synopsis
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| It's an old story, really: young Eastern wastrel toughens up on a Western ranch. The role used to be played by the likes of Hoot Gibson and Ken Maynard, who never fooled anyone but at least looked like cowboys in the climactic shootout. In Border Café, the youngster is played by John Beal, a rather nondescript actor who is somewhat believable as the profligate youth but hopelessly miscast as a defender ... Read Review | |
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