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Wetbacks(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-05-04
54%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
BORDER TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Banner Productions
Movie: Wetbacks
Top 10 Billed 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
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales
Wetback
Louis Jean Heydt
Coast Guard Comdr. Randall
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1956-05-04
Average
5.4
Rating:
2.7 startsTagline
BORDER TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES!
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