6.5 /10 2 Votes
6.5/10 TV No. of episodes 78 First episode date 7 January 1989 Number of seasons 3 | 7.3/10 IMDb No. of seasons 3 Final episode date 17 March 1991 Number of episodes 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Richard ComarJohn H. BrennanSophie Barjac Country of origin United StatesCanadaFrance Producer(s) Stéphane ReichelLionel E. SiegelJana Veverka Cast Richard Comar, Sophie Barjac, John H Brennan, Didier Albert Similar ENG, Counterstrike, Danger Bay, The Campbells, Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bordertown is a western-drama television series that aired from 1989 to 1991. It depicts the town formerly known as Pemmican that was later renamed Bordertown when the western border between the United States and Canada was surveyed in 1880, dividing the town.
Contents
The theme song is an adaptation of the first movement of Jean Sibelius's Third Symphony.
Premise
Pemmican is a town in the western plains of North America near the 49th parallel (the U.S.-Canada border at 49° north latitude). In 1880 the border was surveyed in the Pemmican area, revealing that the town straddled the border between Montana and Saskatchewan. The border also divides the local law enforcement office. In order to have proper and legal law enforcement, both North-West Mounted Police Corporal Clive Bennett (John H. Brennan) and U.S. Marshal Jack Craddock (Richard Comar) are stationed in the town. Clive was formerly stationed in Toronto. Jack is a former Texas Ranger, and a veteran of the Confederate States of America army. Each of these law officers is courting Marie Dumont (Sophie Barjac).
Marie and her physician husband were originally from Paris. Now widowed, Marie has taken over as town doctor and as proprietor of the local general store. Marie has adopted Lucy, a girl whose parents died.
Joanna Radway (Donna Carroll White) is a widow, owner of a local ranch and head of the local Women for Temperance Committee.
Zack Denny (Duncan Fraser), an American Southerner, is the proprietor of the local saloon and roadhouse. His wife, Diane, was once a Black slave.
Sally Duffield (Beverley Elliott) is proprietor of the local boarding house and an employee at Marie's general store.
Wendell MacWherter (Paul Batten) is the local banker (managing a branch of the bank headquartered in Helena) and owner of the livery stable. He is also courting Sally Duffield.
Otto Danzinger is the worker of the Livery and blacksmith. Bruno Danzinger is the brother of Otto Danzinger who helps in the livery.
Willie Haddon is a local kid in town that spends much time with Marshal Craddock and has a liking for Lucy.
Production information
The show was filmed on location at Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada. The French title is Les Deux font la loi.
Bordertown was syndicated in the 1990s, airing on Western International Communications stations during the overnight hours in Canada.
DVD releases
Platinum Disc Corporation released 4-volume collections of Bordertown on DVD in Region 1 between 2003-2005. These releases have been discontinued and are now out of print.
On February 1, 2011, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment released 2 volume collections on DVD in Region 1 (US only). These releases contain the same 28 episodes as the previous Platinum Disc releases.
On July 26, 2011, Alliance Home Entertainment released The Best of Bordertown on DVD in Canada only. The set is exactly the same as the 4-disc set released in the US in 2005 and February 2011, even right down to the Platinum Disc Corporation logo appearing as soon as the disc boots up.
On December 12, 2012, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment released Bordertown- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.