---
title: 'Bordertown (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Archie Mayo'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bordertown-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026129/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bordertown (1935)

1935 · 90 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Bordertown is a 1935 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis. The screenplay by Laird Doyle and Wallace Smith is based on Robert Lord's adaptation of the 1934 novel Border Town by Carroll Graham. The supporting cast features Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette and Robert Barrat.
Although the films They Drive by Night (1940) and Blowing Wild (1953) are not specifically remakes of Bordertown, they include many of its plot elements and similar scenes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Archie Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-mayo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun)
- **Producer:** [Jack Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-warner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tony Gaudio](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gaudio)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-richards)

## Cast

- [Eugene Pallette](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-pallette)
- [Georgios Regas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgios-regas)
- [William B. Davidson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-b-davidson)
- [Robert Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barrat)
- [Chrispin Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chrispin-martin)
- [Soledad Jiménez](https://cinepixo.com/people/soledad-jimenez)
- [Hobart Cavanaugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-cavanaugh)
- [Margaret Lindsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-lindsay)
- [Arthur Treacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-treacher)
- [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon)
- [Bette Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-davis)
- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)
- [Arthur Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-stone)
- [Paul Muni](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-muni)

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