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The Far Frontier

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1948 | 67 min | Action, Western

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone after some adrenaline and western fans. Popcorn viewing in the best sense.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Fast-moving, at 1 hr 7 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
What might put you off
  • Made in 1948: an older pace and style.
  • Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 947 people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by William Witney

  • Roy RogersRoy Rogers
  • Gail DavisSusan Hathaway
  • Andy DevineJudge Cookie Bullfincher
  • Francis FordAlf Sharper
  • Roy BarcroftHenchman Bart
  • Clayton MooreTom Sharper
  • Robert StrangeWillis Newcomb
  • TriggerTrigger - Roy's Horse
  • Mike RaganRocco - Henchman (as Holly Bane)
  • Lane BradfordButch - Henchman