Bordertown (3pc)

Starring:Robert Mammone, Ray Barrett, Linda Cropper, Peta Toppano, Petru Gheorghiu, Alex Menglet, Geoff Morrell, Christine Tremarco, Sophie Heathcote, Mitchell Butel, Cate Blanchett, Norman Kaye, Melita Jurisic, Hugo Weaving, Joe Petruzzi, Joshua Rosenthal, Kim Hillas
Director: Ken Cameron (II), Ian Gilmour
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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Starring: Richard Comar , Sophie Barjac , and John H. Brennan
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ASIN: B000C3L2KM
Release Date: 2005-11-11

Product Description

Featuring 28 Episodes. In 1880, Pemmican lay at the western edge of the Great Plains. Nearly a decade later, surveyors of the 49th parallel reached the community of 180 to find it straddling the new Canada-U.S. border. Pemmican became Bordertown. It wasn't until the mud had settled that Bordertown's awkward, if not unique, character came to light. Law and order were dealt with on one side by Clive Bennett, a Mountie, and on the other by U.S. Marshal Jack Craddock. Whiskey traders, buffalo hunters, gold prospectors, silver miners, drifters and drunks kept the lawmen busy. Still, clashes were inevitable; they shared an office divided only by a black line--the 49th parallel. Acute rivalry in the pursuit of justice was further complicated by their pursuit of the same woman. Marie Dumont was a widowed Parisian, a sensitive lady of considerable breeding and the town's doctor.

Customer Reviews:

Order Please!.......2007-03-28

The show itself is great, its just as I remember them to be, but it would have been nice if there was order to the episodes. On all four discs the episodes are in random order so you really can't tell what episodes came first, second, or last. When I order a series I kinda want them to be in the order of production but I guess that was to difficult for them to do. The series overall is GREAT.

Bordertown - the Wonderful Precursor to Dr Quinn Medicine Woman.......2006-12-20

Long before DQMW there was Bordertown, a half hour weekly western drama on the Family Channel. It ran for three seasons from 1989-1991, and was the Family Channel's highest rated original show. It was cancelled not due to ratings, but due to high production costs. 78 episodes were filmed. For some reason, this wonderful family drama has not been released on DVD in seasoned boxed sets. We only get 2 episodes from Season 1 and all of Season 3 (26 episodes.)

There is a difference between the boxed set and the four single volumes that were released. The boxed set has been digitally remastered. If you do not care about remastering, get the four individual volumes.

BORDERTOWN SUMMARY

Pemmican was a town in the western plains of North America near the 49th parallel (49° north latitude). It took until 1880 until the border was surveyed in the area of Pemmican, at which time it was found that the town straddled the border. In fact, the border goes through the local law enforcement office. In order to have proper and legal law enforcement, both Clive Bennett (John H. Brennan) and Jack Craddock (Richard Comar) have been stationed in the town. Clive is a colonel in the North West Mounted Police, and was formerly stationed in Toronto. Jack is a U.S. Marshal and a former Texas Ranger.

Each of these law officers is courting the fancy of Marie Dumont (Sophie Barjac). Marie and her husband (Jacque), both from Paris, lived in Bordertown until he died leaving Marie a widow. Marie is also the town's doctor and proprietor of the local general store. Marie has adopted Lucy, a girl whose parents have died.

EPISODE SUMMARIES:

VOLUME 1: This disc has two episodes from Season 1:

Season 1, Episode 2: The Runners - A quiet day in Bordertown is disrupted by the arrival of driverless Mounties wagon. Bennett finds arrows and bloodstains, but no treaty money or payroll, so he sets off to see what happened to the driver and the Mountie escort.

Season 1, Episode 3: Medicine Woman - Howling Dog a young Blackfoot accidentally causes a fire in Marie's store when he tries to steal food. When the Canadian Indian Agent is murdered, Marie suspects he has been selling Indian rations to the townspeople for profit.

VOLUME 2: Season 3 Episodes from the beginning

Season 3, Episode 53: Second Chance - Clives' former flame stops by to visit her husband's grave and restarts her relationship with the Mountie. Jack and Clive arrest moonshiners. (Part 1 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 54: Vengeance is Mine - Clive and Anna plan to marry. On their wedding day the moonshiner takes his revenge on Clive. (Part 2 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 59: Blood - Jack and Clive hire Couteau to track an outlaw who robbed a bank in Helena, but they are unaware that the outlaw is Couteau's brother, John.

Season 3, Episode 55: Nebraska Lightning - When Bat Masterson kills a member of an outlaw gang and uses Jack Craddock's name to collect the reward, the rest of the gang comes to Bordertown seeking revenge.

Season 3, Episode 57: Sons of Thunder - Jack is assigned to escort a criminal escape artist to the Canadian authorities. Trouble is thugs want the man for American crimes he committed.

Season 3, Episode 56: Let There be Light - A friend of Marie's from France brings bicycles for her to sell in the store. Electricity and power lines come to Bordertown.

Season 3, Episode 61: Sight Unseen - When Clive goes after outlaws who wounded Jack, his pistol misfires and he is blinded. He has to count on the help of a woman he ran out of Bordertown years ago.

Season 3, Episode 62: The Preacher - Jack and Clive come across an Indian village where everyone has mysteriously perished, but a priest is there ministering to the dead.

Season 3, Episode 63: Honour Thy Father - A farmer and his son accuse Couteau of murdering a man who had wronged the Métis Indians - even though the son was not a witness to the crime.

VOLUME 3: Season 3 Episodes Continue

Season 3, Episode 60: Sweet Revenge - Jack shoots a stagecoach robber who later dies. His children seek revenge on Jack since their father was only trying to provide for them and save their land.

Season 3, Episode 58: Wild Horses - Jack buys a horse for Willie from a horse trader, but two other men come to town claiming the herd belongs to them.

Season 3, Episode 64: In Cold Blood - Don Carlos comes to town to oversee the bounty hunter he hired to get rid of Jack.

Season 3, Episode 65: A Question of Negligence - Marie's competence as a doctor is questioned when a patient dies of minor injuries.

Season 3, Episode 66: Conduct Becoming - An educated Cree Indian produces documents claiming that Bordertown belongs to the Cree nation.

Season 3, Episode 67: The Bostonian - When a friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Jack summons the man's nephew to prevent the sale of the property to a rancher who is eager to acquire the land.

Season 3, Episode 68: Field of Honour -Louis Gilbert is challenged to a duel by a French peddler who recognizes him from an incident that occurred in France years earlier.

Season 3, Episode 69: The New Recruit - A young Mountie who is traveling with Clive and the payroll is really part of a gang waiting to ambush him.

Season 3, Episode 70: Marshal Law - Willie and Lucy stumble over a dead body, and Jack and Clive track down a US Marshal who has illegally entered Canada while chasing an escaped criminal.

VOLUME 4: Season 3 Episodes and the Season/Show Finale

Season 3, Episode 72: The Road Chosen - Marie and Lucy are held prisoners in their home by the very gang of outlaws that Clive and Jack are chasing.

Season 3, Episode 74: Demon Rum - A young cowboy becomes ill after drinking whiskey from the saloon. While the Bordertown women revolt, Marie discovers the real reason for the illness and is kidnapped.

Season 3, Episode 73: :Hired Hand - Ben Vereen guest stars as a rancher threatened when he refuses to sell his property for a fraction of what it is worth.

Season 3, Episode 75: Tall in the Saddle - Willie's father returns to take him to Paris, and a distressed Jack goes with the part way on the trail. Willie finds a grave marker in the cemetery with Jack's name on it. Jack dismisses it as a prank but later finds out the true meaning of the marker.

Season 3, Episode 71: Roaring Days - After serving jail time, Clive's old friend Archie comes to Bordertown pressing Clive for a job, feeling that he owes him due to their past together.

Season 3, Episode 76: A Small Kindness - Wendell tells Sally he must foreclose if she cannot pay her three late mortgage payments. While Wendell tries to find a solution, another buyer wants the structure to turn into a saloon with dancing girls.

Season 3, Episode 77: Frontier Passage - Marie's in-laws come to visit and she is forced to stay overnight at a stage stop during a storm. During the night one of the traveler's is murdered with Charles Dumant's knife in his chest.

Season 3, Episode 78: Under Western Skies - Season and Show Finale. Jack, Marie and Clive are returning from a party when Jack is wounded by a criminal he arrested when he was a Texas Ranger. Clive is wounded when he attempts to escape the cabin for help. It is up to the residents of Bordertown to deliver the ransom to the outlaws and save the trio.

A Family-Friendly Western.......2006-09-26

I guess I should first disclose that I was in this show every season as much as I could be without becoming a cast member. You can see me in the opening, cheering on the boxers. I'm the 'farmer' who gets into a fight with the Chinese laundryman in the opening of one episode. So, maybe I am a bit biased here. As I recall, these programs were made for the Family Channel (Pat Robertson's channel) and some network in France. The show was nominated for eight awards; I'm not sure if or how many they won.

All these programs will have some sort of little moral to the story. To a great extent, they were patterned after the Bonanza shows [TV-Series 1959-1973], with each one focusing on some character who was just passing through Bordertown. So, each episode has a very real human element, with each visitor having some kind of problem that needed solving. There is no offensive language or any questionable activity. It is a Western, so there are bad guys and they do get killed. A lot of them, however, are given an extra chance to turn good before the lawmen have to resort to violence. In short, it is a great Western, with episodes short enough that even younger kids can stay interested. And, many of the shows provide ethical issues that would be beneficial for families to discuss.

A bit on 'inside' info: Richard Comer was a really great guy and always very respectful and good to me; Barjac, and Brennan were a bit 'standoffish' to me. The fight scene, which was in one episode (that you also see in the opening), was done when it was really, really cold. We were freezing and we worked very late into the night to get that done. In another episode there is a fight in the saloon where a character breaks the stair rail and falls down. The room looks like it is full of 'smoke,' but it was really made from beeswax so is didn't hurt one's eyes or even smell bad! In my fight with the Chinese guy, who had spooked my horse, which overturned my wagon load of chickens, after they called 'cut' everybody had to scramble about the town to catch all the chickens that were loose! Another time, I remember we had a meeting in the 'church' which was at that point just the framing!

As for the town itself, it is made up of real buildings. Therefore, the interior shots were done in real buildings, not stage rooms. On rainy days, the streets were pure mud! Since the show ended production, Bordertown has been used in many movies. It is still there, so if anyone gets near Maple Ridge, British Columbia you might ask if it is open so you can see it. I had a great time whenever I was in an episode, and I know you'll have a wonderful family time as you watch these wholesome shows!!

Bordertown DVD set.......2006-03-28

I agree with others who have commented on this. The series was great and I love seeing it finally being released on DVD, but I sure wish they had released it in season sets instead of random episodes. Still, I'll take whatever I can get! This was a very enjoyable series. They don't make 'em like this any more.

More of the same.......2005-12-12

Took a chance that this would be a new offering - could not find any information anywhere about this set. Turns out to be a re-release of Volumes 1-4 already available individually. I loved this series when it was on in the early 90s, just wish additional episodes would be released.

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Great Old Favorite
The wonderful predecessor to Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman
Great show - Great DVDs !
Gold for nothing.
A Wonderful Series

Bordertown Vol 2
Starring: Richard Comar
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
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Release Date: 2004-12-07

Customer Reviews:

Great Old Favorite.......2007-01-10

We watched these old shows when our older kids were young and were thrilled to find them on DVD for our younger guys. Decent Family viewing, not too graphic or sensual.

The wonderful predecessor to Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman.......2006-12-20

Long before DQMW there was Bordertown, a half hour weekly western drama on the Family Channel. It ran for three seasons from 1989-1991, and was the Family Channel's highest rated original show. It was cancelled not due to ratings, but due to high production costs. 78 episodes were filmed. For some reason, this wonderful family drama has not been released on DVD in seasoned boxed sets. We only get 2 episodes from Season 1 and all of Season 3 (26 episodes.)

There is a difference between this boxed set and the four single volumes that were released. The boxed set has been digitally remastered. If you do not care about remastering, get the four individual volumes.

BORDERTOWN SUMMARY

Pemmican was a town in the western plains of North America near the 49th parallel (49° north latitude). It took until 1880 until the border was surveyed in the area of Pemmican, at which time it was found that the town straddled the border. In fact, the border goes through the local law enforcement office. In order to have proper and legal law enforcement, both Clive Bennett (John H. Brennan) and Jack Craddock (Richard Comar) have been stationed in the town. Clive is a colonel in the North West Mounted Police, and was formerly stationed in Toronto. Jack is a U.S. Marshal and a former Texas Ranger.

Each of these law officers is courting the fancy of Marie Dumont (Sophie Barjac). Marie and her husband (Jacque), both from Paris, lived in Bordertown until he died leaving Marie a widow. Marie is also the town's doctor and proprietor of the local general store. Marie has adopted Lucy, a girl whose parents have died.

EPISODE SUMMARIES:

VOLUME 1: This disc has two episodes from Season 1:

Season 1, Episode 2: The Runners - A quiet day in Bordertown is disrupted by the arrival of driverless Mounties wagon. Bennett finds arrows and bloodstains, but no treaty money or payroll, so he sets off to see what happened to the driver and the Mountie escort.

Season 1, Episode 3: Medicine Woman - Howling Dog a young Blackfoot accidentally causes a fire in Marie's store when he tries to steal food. When the Canadian Indian Agent is murdered, Marie suspects he has been selling Indian rations to the townspeople for profit.

Volume 2: Season 3 Episodes from the beginning

Season 3, Episode 53: Second Chance - Clives' former flame stops by to visit her husband's grave and restarts her relationship with the Mountie. Jack and Clive arrest moonshiners. (Part 1 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 54: Vengeance is Mine - Clive and Anna plan to marry. On their wedding day the moonshiner takes his revenge on Clive. (Part 2 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 59: Blood - Jack and Clive hire Couteau to track an outlaw who robbed a bank in Helena, but they are unaware that the outlaw is Couteau's brother, John.

Season 3, Episode 55: Nebraska Lightning - When Bat Masterson kills a member of an outlaw gang and uses Jack Craddock's name to collect the reward, the rest of the gang comes to Bordertown seeking revenge.

Season 3, Episode 57: Sons of Thunder - Jack is assigned to escort a criminal escape artist to the Canadian authorities. Trouble is thugs want the man for American crimes he committed.

Season 3, Episode 56: Let There be Light - A friend of Marie's from France brings bicycles for her to sell in the store. Electricity and power lines come to Bordertown.

Season 3, Episode 61: Sight Unseen - When Clive goes after outlaws who wounded Jack, his pistol misfires and he is blinded. He has to count on the help of a woman he ran out of Bordertown years ago.

Season 3, Episode 62: The Preacher - Jack and Clive come across an Indian village where everyone has mysteriously perished, but a priest is there ministering to the dead.

Season 3, Episode 63: Honour Thy Father - A farmer and his son accuse Couteau of murdering a man who had wronged the Métis Indians - even though the son was not a witness to the crime.

VOLUME 3: Season 3 Episodes Continue

Season 3, Episode 60: Sweet Revenge - Jack shoots a stagecoach robber who later dies. His children seek revenge on Jack since their father was only trying to provide for them and save their land.

Season 3, Episode 58: Wild Horses - Jack buys a horse for Willie from a horse trader, but two other men come to town claiming the herd belongs to them.

Season 3, Episode 64: In Cold Blood - Don Carlos comes to town to oversee the bounty hunter he hired to get rid of Jack.

Season 3, Episode 65: A Question of Negligence - Marie's competence as a doctor is questioned when a patient dies of minor injuries.

Season 3, Episode 66: Conduct Becoming - An educated Cree Indian produces documents claiming that Bordertown belongs to the Cree nation.

Season 3, Episode 67: The Bostonian - When a friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Jack summons the man's nephew to prevent the sale of the property to a rancher who is eager to acquire the land.

Season 3, Episode 68: Field of Honour -Louis Gilbert is challenged to a duel by a French peddler who recognizes him from an incident that occurred in France years earlier.

Season 3, Episode 69: The New Recruit - A young Mountie who is traveling with Clive and the payroll is really part of a gang waiting to ambush him.

Season 3, Episode 70: Marshal Law - Willie and Lucy stumble over a dead body, and Jack and Clive track down a US Marshal who has illegally entered Canada while chasing an escaped criminal.

VOLUME 4: Season 3 Episodes and the Season/Show Finale

Season 3, Episode 72: The Road Chosen - Marie and Lucy are held prisoners in their home by the very gang of outlaws that Clive and Jack are chasing.

Season 3, Episode 74: Demon Rum - A young cowboy becomes ill after drinking whiskey from the saloon. While the Bordertown women revolt, Marie discovers the real reason for the illness and is kidnapped.

Season 3, Episode 73: :Hired Hand - Ben Vereen guest stars as a rancher threatened when he refuses to sell his property for a fraction of what it is worth.

Season 3, Episode 75: Tall in the Saddle - Willie's father returns to take him to Paris, and a distressed Jack goes with the part way on the trail. Willie finds a grave marker in the cemetery with Jack's name on it. Jack dismisses it as a prank but later finds out the true meaning of the marker.

Season 3, Episode 71: Roaring Days - After serving jail time, Clive's old friend Archie comes to Bordertown pressing Clive for a job, feeling that he owes him due to their past together.

Season 3, Episode 76: A Small Kindness - Wendell tells Sally he must foreclose if she cannot pay her three late mortgage payments. While Wendell tries to find a solution, another buyer wants the structure to turn into a saloon with dancing girls.

Season 3, Episode 77: Frontier Passage - Marie's in-laws come to visit and she is forced to stay overnight at a stage stop during a storm. During the night one of the traveler's is murdered with Charles Dumant's knife in his chest.

Season 3, Episode 78: Under Western Skies - Season and Show Finale. Jack, Marie and Clive are returning from a party when Jack is wounded by a criminal he arrested when he was a Texas Ranger. Clive is wounded when he attempts to escape the cabin for help. It is up to the residents of Bordertown to deliver the ransom to the outlaws and save the trio.

Great show - Great DVDs !.......2006-01-20

Wow! You get a good number of episodes, and what a low price! If you've been watching that same, grainy VHS tape of Bordertown episodes that you recorded in 1993, your ship has come in. Be sure to grab up these volumes and relive the whole experience. It's wonderful to see this series get some official recognition; I hope to see more of it released.

Before "Firefly" stole my heart, this was THE western show that I treasured. These characters were my friends and family, and I've waited SO long to get to watch them again! This was the best series ever on The Family Channel, and it surpasses most of your classic western shows, too. I will take Bordertown over 'Bonanza' any day !!

Gold for nothing........2004-12-23

A great TV series that I thought was lost forever!
Hopefully, the entire series will be put on DVD.

A Wonderful Series.......2004-11-06

I'm delighted to see the first volume of this fine show available on DVD. As with the other reviewers, I'm ready for more! This was an excellent series filled with rich, wonderful characters.

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Westerns with a new flavor
WE NEED ALL OF THE EPISODES - PLEASE?
Great Old Favorite
The terrific precursor to Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman
I miss this show

Bordertown, Vol. 1
Starring: Comar , Barjac , and Brennan
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Customer Reviews:

Westerns with a new flavor.......2007-06-20

The volume of a television series gives the viewer a look at the West as seen through the eyes of our Canadian neighbors. The tension between the two lawmen (Canadian Mountie and U.S. Marshal) adds a great deal to the overall texture of the episodes as both seek to deal with outlaws in their own styles. The supporting characters (a woman doctor and a Metis tracker) add to the freshness of this western. I loved the series when it was on television and am delighted that it is now coming out on multiple DVDS

WE NEED ALL OF THE EPISODES - PLEASE?.......2007-02-06

I just can't praise this show enough. It is and was one of my absolute favorite TV shows. I am the happy owner of all of the DVD's that are out on the show right now. So far only 4 Volumes. I don't understand the delay on the rest of the episodes going to DVD. I know as soon as they come out, I will own those as well.

Great Old Favorite.......2007-01-10

We watched these old shows when our older kids were young and were thrilled to find them on DVD for our younger guys. Decent Family viewing, not too graphic or sensual.

The terrific precursor to Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman.......2006-12-20

I miss this show.......2006-01-06

My mom, dad and I would watch this show as we ate supper and I do miss it! It was a good western with a family-friendly message.
I'll be ordering the series as soon as I can!

Average customer rating:

Old favorite returns
The fabulous precursor to Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman
Bordertown
still great after all these years
What's on this DVD?

Bordertown Vol 3
Starring: Richard Comar
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Customer Reviews:

Old favorite returns.......2007-01-10

We watched these old shows when our older kids were young and were thrilled to find them on DVD for our younger guys.

The fabulous precursor to Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman.......2006-12-20

Long before DQMW there was Bordertown, a half hour weekly western drama on the Family Channel. It ran for three seasons from 1989-1991, and was the Family Channel's highest rated original show. It was cancelled not due to ratings, but due to high production costs. 78 episodes were filmed. For some reason, this wonderful family drama has not been released on DVD in seasoned boxed sets. We only get 2 episodes from Season 1 and all of Season 3 (26 episodes.)

There is a difference between the boxed set and the four single volumes that were released. The boxed set has been digitally remastered. If you do not care about remastering, get the four individual volumes.

BORDERTOWN SUMMARY

Pemmican was a town in the western plains of North America near the 49th parallel (49° north latitude). It took until 1880 until the border was surveyed in the area of Pemmican, at which time it was found that the town straddled the border. In fact, the border goes through the local law enforcement office. In order to have proper and legal law enforcement, both Clive Bennett (John H. Brennan) and Jack Craddock (Richard Comar) have been stationed in the town. Clive is a colonel in the North West Mounted Police, and was formerly stationed in Toronto. Jack is a U.S. Marshal and a former Texas Ranger.

Each of these law officers is courting the fancy of Marie Dumont (Sophie Barjac). Marie and her husband (Jacque), both from Paris, lived in Bordertown until he died leaving Marie a widow. Marie is also the town's doctor and proprietor of the local general store. Marie has adopted Lucy, a girl whose parents have died.

EPISODE SUMMARIES:

VOLUME 1: This disc has two episodes from Season 1:

Season 1, Episode 2: The Runners - A quiet day in Bordertown is disrupted by the arrival of driverless Mounties wagon. Bennett finds arrows and bloodstains, but no treaty money or payroll, so he sets off to see what happened to the driver and the Mountie escort.

Season 1, Episode 3: Medicine Woman - Howling Dog a young Blackfoot accidentally causes a fire in Marie's store when he tries to steal food. When the Canadian Indian Agent is murdered, Marie suspects he has been selling Indian rations to the townspeople for profit.

Volume 2: Season 3 Episodes from the beginning

Season 3, Episode 53: Second Chance - Clives' former flame stops by to visit her husband's grave and restarts her relationship with the Mountie. Jack and Clive arrest moonshiners. (Part 1 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 54: Vengeance is Mine - Clive and Anna plan to marry. On their wedding day the moonshiner takes his revenge on Clive. (Part 2 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 59: Blood - Jack and Clive hire Couteau to track an outlaw who robbed a bank in Helena, but they are unaware that the outlaw is Couteau's brother, John.

Season 3, Episode 55: Nebraska Lightning - When Bat Masterson kills a member of an outlaw gang and uses Jack Craddock's name to collect the reward, the rest of the gang comes to Bordertown seeking revenge.

Season 3, Episode 57: Sons of Thunder - Jack is assigned to escort a criminal escape artist to the Canadian authorities. Trouble is thugs want the man for American crimes he committed.

Season 3, Episode 56: Let There be Light - A friend of Marie's from France brings bicycles for her to sell in the store. Electricity and power lines come to Bordertown.

Season 3, Episode 61: Sight Unseen - When Clive goes after outlaws who wounded Jack, his pistol misfires and he is blinded. He has to count on the help of a woman he ran out of Bordertown years ago.

Season 3, Episode 62: The Preacher - Jack and Clive come across an Indian village where everyone has mysteriously perished, but a priest is there ministering to the dead.

Season 3, Episode 63: Honour Thy Father - A farmer and his son accuse Couteau of murdering a man who had wronged the Métis Indians - even though the son was not a witness to the crime.

VOLUME 3: Season 3 Episodes Continue

Season 3, Episode 60: Sweet Revenge - Jack shoots a stagecoach robber who later dies. His children seek revenge on Jack since their father was only trying to provide for them and save their land.

Season 3, Episode 58: Wild Horses - Jack buys a horse for Willie from a horse trader, but two other men come to town claiming the herd belongs to them.

Season 3, Episode 64: In Cold Blood - Don Carlos comes to town to oversee the bounty hunter he hired to get rid of Jack.

Season 3, Episode 65: A Question of Negligence - Marie's competence as a doctor is questioned when a patient dies of minor injuries.

Season 3, Episode 66: Conduct Becoming - An educated Cree Indian produces documents claiming that Bordertown belongs to the Cree nation.

Season 3, Episode 67: The Bostonian - When a friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Jack summons the man's nephew to prevent the sale of the property to a rancher who is eager to acquire the land.

Season 3, Episode 68: Field of Honour -Louis Gilbert is challenged to a duel by a French peddler who recognizes him from an incident that occurred in France years earlier.

Season 3, Episode 69: The New Recruit - A young Mountie who is traveling with Clive and the payroll is really part of a gang waiting to ambush him.

Season 3, Episode 70: Marshal Law - Willie and Lucy stumble over a dead body, and Jack and Clive track down a US Marshal who has illegally entered Canada while chasing an escaped criminal.

VOLUME 4: Season 3 Episodes and the Season/Show Finale

Season 3, Episode 72: The Road Chosen - Marie and Lucy are held prisoners in their home by the very gang of outlaws that Clive and Jack are chasing.

Season 3, Episode 74: Demon Rum - A young cowboy becomes ill after drinking whiskey from the saloon. While the Bordertown women revolt, Marie discovers the real reason for the illness and is kidnapped.

Season 3, Episode 73: :Hired Hand - Ben Vereen guest stars as a rancher threatened when he refuses to sell his property for a fraction of what it is worth.

Season 3, Episode 75: Tall in the Saddle - Willie's father returns to take him to Paris, and a distressed Jack goes with the part way on the trail. Willie finds a grave marker in the cemetery with Jack's name on it. Jack dismisses it as a prank but later finds out the true meaning of the marker.

Season 3, Episode 71: Roaring Days - After serving jail time, Clive's old friend Archie comes to Bordertown pressing Clive for a job, feeling that he owes him due to their past together.

Season 3, Episode 76: A Small Kindness - Wendell tells Sally he must foreclose if she cannot pay her three late mortgage payments. While Wendell tries to find a solution, another buyer wants the structure to turn into a saloon with dancing girls.

Season 3, Episode 77: Frontier Passage - Marie's in-laws come to visit and she is forced to stay overnight at a stage stop during a storm. During the night one of the traveler's is murdered with Charles Dumant's knife in his chest.

Season 3, Episode 78: Under Western Skies - Season and Show Finale. Jack, Marie and Clive are returning from a party when Jack is wounded by a criminal he arrested when he was a Texas Ranger. Clive is wounded when he attempts to escape the cabin for help. It is up to the residents of Bordertown to deliver the ransom to the outlaws and save the trio.

Bordertown.......2005-08-16

I never recieved this item even though I ordered it and payed for it.

still great after all these years.......2005-03-26

I was a big fan of Bordertown when it showed on the Family Channel back in the early 90's. It is so good to see these episodes again, especially since it was a series that didn't depict graphic sexuality or extreme violence as is the so common theme with TV shows today. The DVD is pretty basic, no extras, very enjoyable without the commercial breaks as was on TV. Video quality is good but perhaps not on par with today's high definition, episode length is about 24 minutes. I hope that the entire series will soon become available on DVD. With Volumes 1 through 4 now available, this makes for about 28 of the 90 or so total shows in the series good-to-go. For those who want a good series that can be watched with the kids, or the "I Love Lucy" and "Oz and Harriet" generation - this is it.

What's on this DVD?.......2005-02-23

This is what is on it:

9 episodes from Season 3:
Sweet Revenge - Children seek revenge on Craddock after he kills their father during a robbery.
Wild Horses - The Marshal buys a horse for Willie
In Cold Blood - Don Karlos comes looking for revenge.
A Question of Negligence - Kyle Radway dies and Marie is accused of negligence.
Conduct Becoming - Clive must decide between concience and duty when a man claims the Canadian side of Bordertown belongs to his Cree tribe.
The Bostonian - Marshal Craddock must find out why a "Stout-Hearted Herrington" died from a heart attack.
Field of Honour -Louis Gilbert is forced into a duel with another Frenchman.
The New Recruit - A young mountie comes to Bordertown and turns out to be an imposter.
Marshal Law - Lee Ford, and old marshal friend of Craddock's, comes to Bordertown looking for a murderer and the money he stole.

With this DVD and volume 2 and 4, you have the complete season 3, 26 episodes.

Average customer rating:

Great Old Favorite
The fabulous predecessor to Doctor Quinn Mediicine Woman
Bordertown
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What is on this DVD?

Bordertown, Vol. 4
Starring: Richard Comar
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ASIN: B0007CNXMI
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Customer Reviews:

Great Old Favorite.......2007-01-10

We watched these old shows when our older kids were young and were thrilled to find them on DVD for our younger guys. Decent Family viewing, not too graphic or sensual

The fabulous predecessor to Doctor Quinn Mediicine Woman.......2006-12-20

Long before DQMW there was Bordertown, a half hour weekly western drama on the Family Channel. It ran for three seasons from 1989-1991, and was the Family Channel's highest rated original show. It was cancelled not due to ratings, but due to high production costs. 78 episodes were filmed. For some reason, this wonderful family drama has not been released on DVD in seasoned boxed sets. We only get 2 episodes from Season 1 and all of Season 3 (26 episodes.)

There is a difference between the boxed set and the four single volumes that were released. The boxed set has been digitally remastered. If you do not care about remastering, get the four individual volumes.

BORDERTOWN SUMMARY

Pemmican was a town in the western plains of North America near the 49th parallel (49° north latitude). It took until 1880 until the border was surveyed in the area of Pemmican, at which time it was found that the town straddled the border. In fact, the border goes through the local law enforcement office. In order to have proper and legal law enforcement, both Clive Bennett (John H. Brennan) and Jack Craddock (Richard Comar) have been stationed in the town. Clive is a colonel in the North West Mounted Police, and was formerly stationed in Toronto. Jack is a U.S. Marshal and a former Texas Ranger.

Each of these law officers is courting the fancy of Marie Dumont (Sophie Barjac). Marie and her husband (Jacque), both from Paris, lived in Bordertown until he died leaving Marie a widow. Marie is also the town's doctor and proprietor of the local general store. Marie has adopted Lucy, a girl whose parents have died.

EPISODE SUMMARIES:

VOLUME 1: This disc has two episodes from Season 1:

Season 1, Episode 2: The Runners - A quiet day in Bordertown is disrupted by the arrival of driverless Mounties wagon. Bennett finds arrows and bloodstains, but no treaty money or payroll, so he sets off to see what happened to the driver and the Mountie escort.

Season 1, Episode 3: Medicine Woman - Howling Dog a young Blackfoot accidentally causes a fire in Marie's store when he tries to steal food. When the Canadian Indian Agent is murdered, Marie suspects he has been selling Indian rations to the townspeople for profit.

Volume 2: Season 3 Episodes from the beginning

Season 3, Episode 53: Second Chance - Clives' former flame stops by to visit her husband's grave and restarts her relationship with the Mountie. Jack and Clive arrest moonshiners. (Part 1 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 54: Vengeance is Mine - Clive and Anna plan to marry. On their wedding day the moonshiner takes his revenge on Clive. (Part 2 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 59: Blood - Jack and Clive hire Couteau to track an outlaw who robbed a bank in Helena, but they are unaware that the outlaw is Couteau's brother, John.

Season 3, Episode 55: Nebraska Lightning - When Bat Masterson kills a member of an outlaw gang and uses Jack Craddock's name to collect the reward, the rest of the gang comes to Bordertown seeking revenge.

Season 3, Episode 57: Sons of Thunder - Jack is assigned to escort a criminal escape artist to the Canadian authorities. Trouble is thugs want the man for American crimes he committed.

Season 3, Episode 56: Let There be Light - A friend of Marie's from France brings bicycles for her to sell in the store. Electricity and power lines come to Bordertown.

Season 3, Episode 61: Sight Unseen - When Clive goes after outlaws who wounded Jack, his pistol misfires and he is blinded. He has to count on the help of a woman he ran out of Bordertown years ago.

Season 3, Episode 62: The Preacher - Jack and Clive come across an Indian village where everyone has mysteriously perished, but a priest is there ministering to the dead.

Season 3, Episode 63: Honour Thy Father - A farmer and his son accuse Couteau of murdering a man who had wronged the Métis Indians - even though the son was not a witness to the crime.

VOLUME 3: Season 3 Episodes Continue

Season 3, Episode 60: Sweet Revenge - Jack shoots a stagecoach robber who later dies. His children seek revenge on Jack since their father was only trying to provide for them and save their land.

Season 3, Episode 58: Wild Horses - Jack buys a horse for Willie from a horse trader, but two other men come to town claiming the herd belongs to them.

Season 3, Episode 64: In Cold Blood - Don Carlos comes to town to oversee the bounty hunter he hired to get rid of Jack.

Season 3, Episode 65: A Question of Negligence - Marie's competence as a doctor is questioned when a patient dies of minor injuries.

Season 3, Episode 66: Conduct Becoming - An educated Cree Indian produces documents claiming that Bordertown belongs to the Cree nation.

Season 3, Episode 67: The Bostonian - When a friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Jack summons the man's nephew to prevent the sale of the property to a rancher who is eager to acquire the land.

Season 3, Episode 68: Field of Honour -Louis Gilbert is challenged to a duel by a French peddler who recognizes him from an incident that occurred in France years earlier.

Season 3, Episode 69: The New Recruit - A young Mountie who is traveling with Clive and the payroll is really part of a gang waiting to ambush him.

Season 3, Episode 70: Marshal Law - Willie and Lucy stumble over a dead body, and Jack and Clive track down a US Marshal who has illegally entered Canada while chasing an escaped criminal.

VOLUME 4: Season 3 Episodes and the Season/Show Finale

Season 3, Episode 72: The Road Chosen - Marie and Lucy are held prisoners in their home by the very gang of outlaws that Clive and Jack are chasing.

Season 3, Episode 74: Demon Rum - A young cowboy becomes ill after drinking whiskey from the saloon. While the Bordertown women revolt, Marie discovers the real reason for the illness and is kidnapped.

Season 3, Episode 73: :Hired Hand - Ben Vereen guest stars as a rancher threatened when he refuses to sell his property for a fraction of what it is worth.

Season 3, Episode 75: Tall in the Saddle - Willie's father returns to take him to Paris, and a distressed Jack goes with the part way on the trail. Willie finds a grave marker in the cemetery with Jack's name on it. Jack dismisses it as a prank but later finds out the true meaning of the marker.

Season 3, Episode 71: Roaring Days - After serving jail time, Clive's old friend Archie comes to Bordertown pressing Clive for a job, feeling that he owes him due to their past together.

Season 3, Episode 76: A Small Kindness - Wendell tells Sally he must foreclose if she cannot pay her three late mortgage payments. While Wendell tries to find a solution, another buyer wants the structure to turn into a saloon with dancing girls.

Season 3, Episode 77: Frontier Passage - Marie's in-laws come to visit and she is forced to stay overnight at a stage stop during a storm. During the night one of the traveler's is murdered with Charles Dumant's knife in his chest.

Season 3, Episode 78: Under Western Skies - Season and Show Finale. Jack, Marie and Clive are returning from a party when Jack is wounded by a criminal he arrested when he was a Texas Ranger. Clive is wounded when he attempts to escape the cabin for help. It is up to the residents of Bordertown to deliver the ransom to the outlaws and save the trio.

Bordertown.......2005-08-16

I never recieved this item even though I ordered it and payed for it.

Alert!!! You want quality for nothing. This is it!.......2005-04-04

There was a time that I thought this was lost forever. Now it is
available for a few dollars. Thanks to the people who made this
DVD set available to the public for such a low price!!!

What is on this DVD?.......2005-02-23

Here is what is on it:

8 episodes from season 3:
The Road Chosen - Marie and Lucy are held prisoner in their home.
Demon Rum - Someone is sick from bad whiskey and Marie and Jack need to find out who.
Hired Hand - Ben Vereen co-stars as an old friend of Jack's working for the Radway ranch.
Tall in the Saddle - Willie's Dad returns for him.
Roaring Days - Bennett's past catches up with him when an old friend comes to Bordertown.
A Small Kindness - Sally is in danger of losing her home.
Frontier Passage - Maries in-laws come to visit.
Under Western Skies - Last episode. Craddock is wounded and Bennett must go for help.

With this DVD and Volume 2 and 3, you have all of season 3, 26 episodes.

Average customer rating:

I throughly enjoyed this movie!!!
BEWARE!!!

Bordertown (3pc)
Starring: Robert Mammone , Ray Barrett , Linda Cropper , Peta Toppano , and Petru Gheorghiu
Director: Ken Cameron (II) , and Ian Gilmour
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
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Release Date: 2002-07-30

Customer Reviews:

I throughly enjoyed this movie!!!.......2006-08-16

Yes, there is a lot going on this movie from sex to murder but nothing new & the actors are all excellent. I would recommend this movie!!

BEWARE!!!.......2006-08-04

However "great" the acting may be, or how nicely/uniquely it is filmed, this series is basically a glorified soap opera.
I purchased it for my Australian husband, thinking that it would be an interesting piece of historical fiction.
Fiction, yes. Historical, I doubt it.
The characters are so messed-up, and continually dig themselves deeper into the pit of scandal and despair.

FAMILIES BEWARE:
This is full of language, nudity, sexual scenes, adultery, and a GRAPHIC murder scene. There are affairs, a disturbing story/secene of abortion, illegitimate pregnancy, etc. We kept watching, hour after hour, expecting it to get better, or at least have some redeeming message. ...But it just kept getting worse and more depressing - and more scandalous.

I really like Cate Blanchett, but even her character is a bit much to handle in this movie. She is featured on the cover of the DVDs, but doesn't come into the picture until more than half way through.

I highly recommend the DVD series called "Burned Bridge" if you are looking for a very interesting and accurate glimpse into Australian/Aboriginal culture. Cate Blanchett is also in this one and gives an outstanding performance, along with Ernie Dingo and the others. Also, the film "Rabbit Proof Fence" is an incredible true story of Australian history.

I would NOT reccommend this (Bordertown) to any of my friends, family or acquaintances. ...And I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I watched so many hours of it hoping for it to get better/more redeemimg.

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