Bordertown

IMDb link: 0026129
IMDb rating: 6.6 (2,110 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance, Film-Noir, Reality-TV
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Muni, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette and others

Release date: 23 Jan 1935
Release year: 1935
Runtime: 90 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: melodrama, casino owner, roll call opening credits, doomed romance, law school graduate, debutante, nightclub bouncer, immigrant experience, disbarred lawyer, spoiled socialite

Plot:

Embittered when prejudice cuts short his nascent law career, once-idealistic Johnny Ramirez leaves his home in Los Angeles and ends up in Mexico. He quickly becomes the invaluable second-in-command to Charlie Roark, the owner of a border-town casino. But Roark's wife falls hard for Johnny and goes to great lengths to make him hers, which sets in motion more perilous events.

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