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Across the Border

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Across the Border

1922

0h 50m

8.0(1 votes)

Western

Overview

Andy Fowler is made a member of a gang of rustlers after rescuing one of their number from a fire, but he finds his freedom threatened by the local sheriff, who is actually the gang's leader and wants Andy's girlfriend for his own.

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Starring

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Andy Fowler

Patricia Palmer

Patricia Palmer

Margie Landers

William McCall

William McCall

Phillip Landers

J. Gordon Russell

J. Gordon Russell

The Sheriff

Chet Ryan

Jim

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Directed by: Charles R. Seeling
Written by: Charles R. Seeling

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