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1956

Wetbacks

Directed by Hank McCune
BORDER TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES!

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.

Duration

1h 29m

Released

May 4, 1956

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Cast15

  • Lloyd Bridges
  • Nancy Gates
  • Barton MacLane
  • John Hoyt
  • Harold Peary
  • Nacho Galindo
  • Robert Keys
  • Salvador Baguez
  • Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

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