Bordertown
1935 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Johnny Ramirez rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark's border town casino. Charlie's wife Marie loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale. Marie kills her husband, making it look like suicide. She tells Johnny she committed murder for him and, still rejected, tells the police that she and Johnny murdered Charlie. She goes crazy in court and Johnny goes free. Dale runs from Johnny and dies in an auto crash. Johnny sells the casino.
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Paul Muni · Bette Davis · Margaret Lindsay · Eugene Pallette · Robert Barrat · Soledad Jiménez · Hobart Cavanaugh · Gavin Gordon · William B. Davidson · Arthur Stone · Vivian Tobin
Soundtrack Bernhard Kaun
Screenplay Laird Doyle · Wallace Smith · Robert Lord
Cinematography Tony Gaudio
Original title Bordertown
6.1
181 votes (FilmAffinity)
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