Wetbacks

Tagline : BORDER TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES!

Runtime : 89 mins

Genre : Drama Crime

Vote Rating : 5.4/10

Release Date : 04 May 1956

Plot : 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.

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Cast Members

Jim Benson
played by
Lloyd Bridges

Sally Parker
played by
Nancy Gates

Karl Shanks
played by
Barton MacLane

Steve Bodine
played by
John Hoyt

Juan Ortega
played by
Harold Peary

Alfonso
played by
Nacho Galindo

Reeser
played by
Robert Keys

Mexican Policeman
played by
Salvador Baguez

Wetback
played by
Jose Gonzales

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