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Wetbacks (1956)

BORDER TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES!

Genre : Drama, Crime

Runtime : 1H 29M

Director : Hank McCune
Writer : Pete LaRoche

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges
Jim Benson
Nancy Gates
Nancy Gates
Sally Parker
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane
Karl Shanks
John Hoyt
John Hoyt
Steve Bodine
Harold Peary
Harold Peary
Juan Ortega
Nacho Galindo
Nacho Galindo
Alfonso
Robert Keys
Robert Keys
Reeser
Salvador Baguez
Salvador Baguez
Mexican Policeman
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales
Wetback
Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt
Coast Guard Comdr. Randall
Roy Gordon
Roy Gordon
Hoppy
Scott Douglas
Scott Douglas
Immigration Officer
I. Stanford Jolley
I. Stanford Jolley
Fred
Wally Cassell
Wally Cassell
Coast Guard lieutenant
Gene Roth
Gene Roth
Truck Thug

Crews

Hank McCune
Hank McCune
Director
Pete LaRoche
Pete LaRoche
Screenplay

Posters and backgrounds

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