The Far Frontier

December. 29,1948      
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Willis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back into the United States from Mexico. Operating from Sharperville, an oil town on the American side of the border, they transport their human cargo in oil drums loaded on trucks. Border Patrolman Tom Sharper intercepts one of the trucks but is overpowered and left for dead. Carroll, having already been paid for the job and not wanting any evidence to walk around, get caught and lead back to him, backs the human-cargo trucks to the edge of a cliff and sends the drums crashing to the boulder far below. Judge Cookie Bullfincher and Border Patrolman Roy Rogers conduct a search for the missing Tom, but the crooks have gone back for him and find him in a state of amnesia. They rob the bank and pin it on Tom. It is now up to Roy to clear his friend and also put an end to Carroll's human-smuggling racket.

Roy Rogers as  Roy Rogers
Gail Davis as  Susan Hathaway
Andy Devine as  Judge Cookie Bullfincher
Francis Ford as  Alf Sharper
Roy Barcroft as  Henchman Bart
Clayton Moore as  Tom Sharper
Robert Strange as  Willis Newcomb
Trigger as  Trigger - Roy's Horse
Mike Ragan as  Rocco - Henchman (as Holly Bane)
Lane Bradford as  Butch - Henchman

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Reviews

Hellen
1948/12/29

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Evengyny
1948/12/30

Thanks for the memories!

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Kailansorac
1948/12/31

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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Candida
1949/01/01

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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beresd-21725
1949/01/02

In one scene the bad guys are rolling barrels off a truck to stop Roy Rogers and Trigger. Trained jumpers were 'doubling' Trigger, but found the barrels too frightening and shied off. Trigger was finally allowed to try, ridden by Roy's stunt double Joe Yrigoyen. Joe ordered Trigger to jump too soon for a stationary object. Trigger trusted Joe and jumped when Joe commanded. He cleared the barrel, but a bit awkwardly. Trigger did better on the 2nd barrel. By now he thought it was fun, and for the rest of the scene you can see Trigger moving from side to side so he can jump as many barrels as possible! We read the book and got the movie just so we could watch Trigger jumping the barrels in this scene.

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classicsoncall
1949/01/03

Well I have to admit, after a few hundred 'B' Westerns and almost fifty alone starring Roy Rogers, here's a story concept I've never seen before and it makes for an entertaining picture. Apparently a band of outlaws led by Willis Newcomb (Robert Strange) is using a smuggling racket to bring fellow criminals back across the Mexican border into the States for a hefty fee. When Roy's border patrol buddy is put out of commission by the bad guys, he takes up the case to uncover the enterprise and bring the bad guys to justice.Plenty of surprises for Western fans here - the border officer who gets amnesia is none other than Clayton Moore, making an appearance just about a year before he debuted as TV's Lone Ranger. I've seen him in a couple of Gene Autry and Durango Kid films as a villain, but catching him here with Roy was a first. Not only that, but another Autry regular is on hand here too, with Gail Davis showing up without having to be an obligatory love interest for our hero. Rather refreshing I would say. Apparently Andy Devine was so well established by this time as a regular that he appears in the credits as Cookie Bullfincher, even though his last name was never mentioned, but if you're a Roy Rogers fan I guess you just take it for granted.There's a host of other B Western regulars appearing in the picture as well, all of whom showed up more than once in Roy's TV series in a couple of years. There's Roy Barcroft (henchman Bart Carroll), Holly Bane (henchman Rocco), Lane Bradford (as henchman Butch) and Tom London (rancher Anderson), and if you're any kind of Roy Rogers or Gene Autry fan you'll recognize them on sight.I have to say though, Roy's strategy for treating Tom Sharper's (Moore) amnesia was somewhat questionable. When singing with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage failed to bring him back to his senses, Roy figured beating the snot out of him might be a worthwhile strategy. Fortunately it worked, but today he probably would have been arrested after having the clip show up on You Tube. Not to mention having to deal with all those barrel clichés that you could come up with as a result of the story. Come on now, I know you can come up with a couple yourself.

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bkoganbing
1949/01/04

I was intrigued with the premise of The Far Frontier, cowboys in the smuggling racket where the items smuggled are criminals back and forth from the USA. I could have seen it done in a much bigger feature film.This particular Roy Rogers movie while observing some parameters for the Saturday afternoon kiddie trade was a pretty violent outing for Roy. In this he's a border patrolman which is his involvement with bringing down this particular racket.One of his fellow border patrolmen is Clayton Moore who stumbles on the racket and gets clipped on the head with a wrench and left on the trail. Moore is the son of Francis Ford, John's brother, and the amnesia he develops allows him to be framed for a murder that was committed for no other reason than to frame him. Francis Ford is a long time enemy of Robert Strange who was the head of the smuggling operation.But that particular murder is just one of many acts committed by Strange's men under the leadership of his number Roy Barcroft one of the great B western villains ever. The crimes Barcroft commits here must have staggered those Saturday matinée kids in 1948.Roy's leading lady in this film is Gail Davis, usually found opposite Gene Autry in his westerns. Also along is Andy Devine who did several films with Roy in the Forties.There is a scene toward the beginning of the film where Barcroft and some of the criminals they're smuggling have a disagreement as Barcroft holds them up for more money. These guys are wise-guys and it would have made a great film premise to have their friends evening the score with these goniff cowboys.

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wes-connors
1949/01/05

Roy Rogers is back on border patrol, investigating the smuggling of criminals across the U.S.-Mexican border. Clayton Moore (as Tom Sharper) is a fellow border patrolman who discovers the wicked smugglers, and is left for dead; instead, he gets amnesia. Andy Devine (as "Cookie") is a helpful judge, and Gail Davis (as Susan) adds femininity. Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage add harmony.Production-line Rogers western story, with better than average performances. The supporting players are rather good, and there are a few exciting moments. The song dubbing is distractingly poor, and the story very weak -- you'll wonder about some story contrivances... Rogers and Moore (later "The Lone Ranger") have a jail-cell fistfight; incredibly, Rogers beats Moore up to cure his amnesia! *** The Far Frontier (1948) William Witney ~ Roy Rogers, Gail Davis, Andy Devine

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