“Somewhere along a thousand miles of barbed wire border, the American dream has become a nightmare.”
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
Charles Bronson
Jeb Maynard
Bruno Kirby
Jimmy Fante
Bert Remsen
Carl J. Richards
Michael Lerner
Henry Lydell
Kenneth McMillan
Malcolm Wallace
Ed Harris
Hotchkiss
Karmin Murcelo
Elena Morales
Enrique Castillo
Arturo
Wilford Brimley
Scooter Jackson
Norman Alden
Willie Lambert
Borderline is a action, crime, drama film released in 1980 exploring themes of illegal immigration, border patrol, human trafficking, usa–mexico border, border crossing. Directed by Jerrold Freedman, it stars Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen. Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
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