Border Vigilantes

Border Vigilantes is a 1941 American Western film directed by Derwin Abrahams and written by J. Benton Cheney.

The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Frances Gifford, Victor Jory, Ethel Wales and Morris Ankrum.

[3] Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), California Carlson (Andy Clyde) and Lucky Jenkins (Russell Hayden) ride into a town bedevilled by outlaw raids, despite the existence of a local vigilante committee.

Sensing that something's wrong with this set-up, Hoppy does a bit of digging and discovers that the outlaw chieftain is the head of the vigilantes.

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