Border River (1954) ***
Universal International Pictures
Director: George Sherman
After the previous disappointment with Santa Fe Stampede, I felt like I should see how George Sherman fared into the fifties. Not only that, Border River is CSA movie! This film honestly blows Santa Fe Stampede out of the water as expected considering the budget increase. Joel McCrea plays Major Clete Mattson who makes it across the river into a free zone (zona libre) in order to purchase supplies for the CSA from the head honcho (played by Pedro Armendáriz) with Yankee gold. McCrea isn't the most inspiring of western heroes but he does the job and gets the girl (Yvonne De Carlo). You may know De Carlo as Mrs. Warren in McLintock (amazing biscuits remember?) or perhaps Lily Munster though she doesn't make the best Mexican saloon owner.
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