Borderline (1950 film)
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter James Anderson (assistant) |
| Produced by | Milton H. Bren William A. Seiter |
| Screenplay by | Devery Freeman |
| Story by | Devery Freeman |
| Starring | Fred MacMurray Claire Trevor Raymond Burr |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
| Edited by | Harry Keller |
| Distributed by | Universal-International |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Borderline is a 1950 American romantic crime film directed by William A. Seiter, starring Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor, whose husband, Milton H. Bren, co-produced the film. The supporting cast includes Raymond Burr and Morris Ankrum.[1]
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Plot
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Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr) runs a narcotics smuggling operation to the USA from Mexico, which the Los Angeles Police Department and the US federal government have unsuccessfully tried to stop. Because of Ritchie's careful operating procedures, US authorities haven't even been able to find out the identities of his sources or customers and are desperate for a breakthrough. As a last resort, Madeleine Haley (Claire Trevor), an LAPD officer and former OSS operative, is sent undercover to Mexico to charm her way into Ritchie's confidence.
Once there, Haley manages to establish contact with Ritchie's gang, but is kidnapped by Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray), a hoodlum working for a rival of Ritchie's and who also steals a load of Ritchie's narcotics. Haley plays along and joins Macklin on a smuggling trip for the stolen narcotics, with Ritchie in hot pursuit.
Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
- Claire Trevor as Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue
- Raymond Burr as Pete Ritchie
- Morris Ankrum as Bill Whittaker
- Roy Roberts as Harvey Gumbin
- Don Diamond as Deusik
- Nacho Galindo as Porfirio
- Pepe Hern as Pablo
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Borderline at IMDb
- Borderline is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Borderline at AllMovie
- Borderline at the TCM Movie Database
- Borderline at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Borderline complete film on YouTube (Classics movie online)
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