Border Cafe (film)

For the 2005 film which translates as Border Cafe, see Café Transit.

Border Cafe
Film poster
Directed by	Lew Landers
Screenplay by	Lionel Houser
Based on	In the Mexican Quarter 1930 story in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan by Thomas Gill
Produced by	Robert Sisk
Starring	Harry Carey
Cinematography	Nicholas Musuraca
Edited by	Jack Hively
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	June 4, 1937 (1937-06-04)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Border Cafe is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Harry Carey.[1]

Plot

Keith Whitney, the son of a wealthy senator, travels to the western part of the country to purchase a ranch. After losing his money at a cafe near the border, he is taken in by a rancher named Tex, who offers him refuge and makes him a partial owner of the ranch. When Keith's father and girlfriend are kidnapped, Tex and Keith team up to rescue them. Along the way, Keith transforms from an intoxicated patron to a hero, and ultimately helps to save the day.

Cast

• Harry Carey as Tex Stevens
• John Beal as Keith Whitney
• Armida as Dominga
• George Irving as Senator Henry Whitney
• Leona Roberts as Mrs. Emily Whitney
• J. Carrol Naish as Rocky Alton
• Marjorie Lord as Janet Barry
• Lee Patrick as Ellie
• Paul Fix as "Doley" Dolson
• Max Wagner as Shakey, Rocky's Henchman
• Walter Miller as Evans, Rocky's Henchman

See also

• List of American films of 1937
• Harry Carey filmography

References

1. Border Cafe (1937) directed by Lew Landers • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd, retrieved March 13, 2023

External links

• Border Cafe in the Internet Movie Database
• Border Cafe at the TCM Movie Database
• Border Cafe at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films