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Wetbacks

BORDER TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES!
May 4, 1956 · 1h 29m
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Drama
Crime

PLOT

Former Coastguardsmen Jim Benson is about to lose his boat when a couple approaches him for a fishing charter. Jim departs just ahead of the Sherrif with drunken Shanks, and his companion Sally (Gates). Shanks takes off into a small Mexican village after a fight with Jim, stranding both Sally and him with no money. Two local men hear of Jim's plight, and offer him money to smuggle a batch of illegal aliens, called Wetbacks, into the U.S. He agrees but is blackmailed into continuing to run the smuggling operation. Afraid, Jim decides to make a run for it, but someone close to him reveals themselves as a US Immigration agent and asks him to assist them in shutting down the smugglers for good.

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CAST

Lloyd Bridges
Jim Benson
Nancy Gates
Sally Parker
Barton MacLane
Karl Shanks
John Hoyt
Steve Bodine
Harold Peary
Juan Ortega
Nacho Galindo
Alfonso
Robert Keys
Reeser
Salvador Baguez
Mexican Policeman
Directed by Hank McCune

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Banner Productions
Country
US

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