Border River is a post-Civil War Western starring Joel McCrea and Yvonne De Carlo. The story follows Clete Mattson (McCrea), a Confederate officer who flees across the Mexican border into "Zona Libre" with $2 million in stolen Union gold. His goal is to purchase weapons for the struggling South from a corrupt Mexican General, Eduardo Calleja (Pedro Armendáriz).

Because Border River is a catalog title from the mid-fifties, its accessibility in various languages is tied to specific regional distributors. Currently, there are two primary modern editions that offer subtitle support: