Bordertown (1935)

Directed by Archie Mayo. With Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette. 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...

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 Lin

Paul Muni stars in this drama about a romantic triangle that leads to madness and murder. Overly enthusiastic Mexican attorney Johnny Ramirez (Muni) is disbarred after his first trial for his flagrant disregard of courtroom etiquette. In desperate need of work, he takes a job as a bouncer in a sleazy bordertown night club owned by Charlie Roark (Eugene Pallette). Charlie's wife Marie (Bette Davis) is immediately attracted to Johnny and makes a none-too-subtle play for him. But Johnny has his eye on Dale Elwell (Margaret Lindsay), a socialite who enjoys slumming in low-class dives and admiringly refers to Johnny as a

Overview of Bordertown, 1935, directed by Archie Mayo, with Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, at Turner Classic Movies

Bette Davis gives a striking performance in Bordertown, just unsteady enough that you hardly notice it, but when she starts to go mad, you aren't surprised.

Johnny Ramirez (Paul Muni) after five years of grueling work has finally become a lawyer only to be disbarred for being ill-prepared and m...

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Director: Archie L Mayo Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis and Margaret Lindsay With this film under my belt, that leaves only six Paul Muni f...

Directed by Archie Mayo this film was later remade better as They Drive By Night (1940). It’s based on a Robert Lord (One Way Passage (1932)) story and Henry O’Neill appears uncredited.