Bad Men of the Border (1945)

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 Universals last attempt at competing with Republic Pictures many streamlined BWesterns also featured the bucolic Fuzzy Knight as Grants sidekick Grant and Knight are undercover US 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