
Set on the Mexican border in 1850, Bad Men of the Border was the first of seven Universal Westerns starring handsome Kirby Grant, a former singer from Montana who had earlier acted under the name Robert Stanton. The series, Universal's last attempt at competing with Republic Pictures' many streamlined B-Westerns, also featured the bucolic Fuzzy Knight as Grant's sidekick. Grant and Knight are undercover U.S. marshals tracking down a gang of counterfeiters. To their surprise, they are soon assisted by a beautiful Mexican dancehall performer, Dolores Mendoza (Armida), who proves to be an undercover agent as well, in her case for the Mexican rurales headed by Captain Garcia (Francis McDonald).

Kirby Grant
Ted Cameron

Fuzzy Knight
Mortimer P. Rockabye Jones

Armida
Dolores Mendoza

John Eldredge
Bart Breslow

Barbara Sears
Marie Manning
Edward Howard
Ace Morgan (as Edward M. Howard)

Francis McDonald
Captain Jose Garcia

Soledad Jiménez
Estrella

Charles Stevens
Juan

Sam Appel
Sanchez

Edmund Cobb
Roy

Ethan Laidlaw
Gus

Northwest Trail
Northwest Trail

Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn

Range Law
Range Law

Law of the Valley
Law of the Valley

Sunset Pass
Sunset Pass

Riders of the Dusk
Riders of the Dusk

Law of the West
Law of the West

Silver Lode
Silver Lode

Carry On Cowboy
Carry On Cowboy

Desert Bandit
Desert Bandit

Western Renegades
Western Renegades

Near the Trail's End
Near the Trail's End