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Border Incident

Name: Border Incident
Released: 1949-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.9

The Shame of Two Nations!

1949 • 94 min • ★ 6.9 (47) • Released

Crime Drama Thriller

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

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Original title: Border Incident
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: —
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

John Chard

May 3, 2015 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

The Police and Snakes Are First Cousins. Border Incident is directed by Anthony Mann and adapted to screenplay by John C. Higgins from the George Zuckerman story. It stars Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, Charles McGraw, Arthur Hunnicutt and James Mitchell. Music is by Andre Previn and cinematography by John Alton. The great Anthony Mann creates what is the perfect crossover movie that blends film noir style with western shadings. Mann would next go on to make the well regarded psychological westerns with James Stewart, Border Incident is the tasty meat in his noir/western sandwich. In essence it's a remake of T-Men, only Mann and his team have shifted away from a hustle and bustle city setting to tell a story down on the sweaty American/Mexico border. We are probing into immigration issues, human smuggling and the abuse of such, Mann and his writers daring to portray the human suffering of farm workers from Mexico, lured in as slave labour, only to then be abused and used and much worse... Having the legendary Alton on photography duties aids the downbeat thematics considerably, whilst also deftly averting attention from what is a pretty bog standard script, the low budgets never a problem where Mann and Alton were concerned. In fact, in noirville they worked it to their advantage with some striking lighting techniques and camera movements. The pic is often vicious, sadistic even, landing violent scenes in the conscious that refuse to move until it's all over and the screen goes blank. Suspense is never far away in Border Incident, with a mostly on form cast (George Murphy is uneven as McGraw does nasty brilliantly) bringing the material to life as the dream team cloak it all in pictorial assertiveness. Not in the same league as Raw Deal, but highly recommended for reasons already stated. 8/10

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california federal agent film noir illegal immigration quicksand smuggling (contraband) undocumented immigrant

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Cast 28

Ricardo Montalban

Pablo Rodriguez

George Murphy

Jack Bearnes

Howard Da Silva

Owen Parkson

James Mitchell

Juan Garcia

Arnold Moss

Zopilote

Alfonso Bedoya

Cuchillo

Teresa Celli

Maria

Charles McGraw

Jeff Amboy

José Torvay

Pocoloco

John Ridgely

Mr. Neley

Arthur Hunnicutt

Clayton Nordell

Sig Ruman

Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich

Otto Waldis

Fritz

Nedrick Young

Happy (uncredited)

Robert Cabal

Bracero (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Leathercoat with Motorcycle (uncredited)

Jack Lambert

Chuck (uncredited)

Harry Antrim

John MacReynolds (uncredited)

Lita Baron

Rosita (uncredited)

Martín Garralaga

Col. Rafael Alvarado (uncredited)

Gordon Harris

Bandit (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Older Bracero (uncredited)

Knox Manning

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Paul Marion

One-Armed Man (uncredited)

Edwin Max

Doc Bryler (uncredited)

John McGuire

Norson (uncredited)

William Phillips

Jim (uncredited)

Georgiana Young

Woman (uncredited)

Crew 8

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

John Alton

Director of Photography

Miklós Rózsa

Additional Music

Anthony Mann

Director

André Previn

Music Director

André Previn

Original Music Composer

Douglas Shearer

Sound Supervisor

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US Release Dates 1

Oct 28, 1949

NR Theatrical