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Border Devils is a 1932 pre-Code American Western black and white sound film directed by William Nigh and starring Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, and Gabby Hayes. The film is Collins's last role and her only sound film.

Plot
A man, Jim Gray, is wrongfully put in jail; he escapes to prove his innocence and reveal the real criminal. In the process, Gray discovers a second criminal who has been working behind the scenes with the more obvious villain. ==Cast==
Cast
Harry Carey as Jim Gray • Kathleen Collins as Marcia Brandon • Gabby Hayes as Dude Sanders • Niles Welch as Tom Hope • Olive Carey as Ethel Denham • Albert J. Smith as Inspector Bell • Merrill McCormick as Jose Lopez • Art Mix as Bud Brandon • Tetsu Komai as The General == Production ==
Production
Script The film was written by Harry P. Crist ( credited for "script and continuity' under this pen name is the American director Harry Fraser). The story was based upon the novel ''Dead Man's Shoes'', by Murray Leinster. Shooting According to a contemporary issue of The Film Daily, certain scenes were filmed in Palm Springs, California. == Cast ==
Cast
The film features Gabby Hayes in one of his earliest credited roles, a sidekick figure that would become his signature character. == Release ==
Release
Border Devils was theatrically released in the United States on April 4, 1932. == Themes ==
Themes
This film has been noted for the unexpected presence in a Western, of Yellow Peril themes, embodied in the character of the villain, a mysterious 'oriental' criminal figure known as the General. ==References==
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