The Border
1982 · Movie · 1h 48m · R
CrimeDrama
"When Charlie Smith went down to the border, he found more than a boundary between Texas and Mexico. He found a line within himself."
Overview
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
66/100
Key crew
- Tony RichardsonDirector
- Ry CooderOriginal Music Composer
- Deric WashburnWriter
- Walon GreenWriter
- David FreemanWriter
Cast
- Jack NicholsonCharlie Smith
- Harvey KeitelCat
- Valerie PerrineMarcy
- Warren OatesRed
- Elpidia CarrilloMaria
- Shannon WilcoxSavannah
- Manuel ViescasJuan
- Jeff MorrisJ.J.
- Mike GomezManuel
- Dirk BlockerBeef
- Lonny ChapmanAndy
- Stacey PickrenHooker
Stills
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Themes
mexicocorruptiondrug smugglingpolicekidnappingdrug traffickingemigrationtexaschild murderborderborder crossingmurder