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Borden Chase

Borden Chase

Writer · Died March 9, 1970, aged 70 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 11, 1900
Died
March 9, 1970 (aged 70)
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 41 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 27% in 30 days

What are Borden Chase's films like?

Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Grounded 17 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 0

Gentle 5 · Charged 21 · Intense 3

Steady 11 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 0

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 1

Casual 17 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 15 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 2

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Thrilling
12
Romantic
8
Melancholic
7
Warm
5
Other
16

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Borden Chase's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Borden Chase's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

41 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.

  • Red River(1988)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • The Bull of the West(1972)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Backtrack! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Writer

  • A Man Called Gannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Writer

  • Winchester '73(1967)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Writer

  • Gunfighters of Casa Grande(1964)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Whispering Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Story

  • Ride a Crooked Trail(1958)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Night Passage(1957)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Backlash(1956)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Man Without a Star(1955)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Vera Cruz(1954)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Rails Into Laramie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Writer

  • The Far Country(1954)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • His Majesty O'Keefe(1954)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Sea Devils(1953)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Lone Star(1952)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • The World in His Arms(1952)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Bend of the River(1952)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Iron Man(1951)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Winchester '73(1950)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Montana(1950)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Red River(1948)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Man from Colorado(1948)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Tycoon(1947)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • I've Always Loved You(1946)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Flame of Barbary Coast(1945)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • This Man's Navy(1945)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • The Fighting Seabees(1944)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Destroyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • Harrigan's Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Writer

  • Dr. Broadway(1942)

    Short Story

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Blue, White and Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Story

  • Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Midnight Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Story

  • Under Pressure(1935)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 39 titles from 1935 to 1972.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing39 of 39: 38 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thOther crew1 of 39: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1930s3 · crew1940s11 · crew1950s17 · crew1960s7 · crew1970s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Borden Chase's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

None of their 30 titles divides audiences: 15 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed5

Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Borden Chase's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 16 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 13 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Borden Chase work with?

People who share at least 2 of Borden Chase's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aaron Rosenberg shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles