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, 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.
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Directed by William A. Seiter, produced by Milton H. Bren and William A. Seiter, written by Devery Freeman, starring 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 and Pepe Hern as Pablo.
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Source: “Borderline (1950 film)” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 22 April 2013. Web. 05 May 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_(1950_film).
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I stuck with it until the end, but in my opinion it is not as good as most of the other films on this excellent channel! I thought the plot was totally predictable.
I liked it 🙂
speaks pretty good mexican??????? lol
Watching the movie I couldn't decide whether this was a crime drama, which is what I thought I would be watching, or a movie with comedic overtones, which it seemed to have, or a pretty predictable love story. Here are two people supposedly just doing their jobs, yet are miffed with each other, because of perceived deception. I was confused. It was a nice enough movie, but I have enjoyed others in this channel much more.
First time in my life i have seen Raymond Bur playing the bad guy….Â
Movie is definitely a comedy enough funny.Â
Ty
sam keep your personal life to yourself noone likes a crying pussy stick to the movie
An odd, but interesting movie. Then there was that Borderline song at the beginning. Must be the worst song I've ever heard. It was painful. Then the scene at the zoo. Don't see that to often in movies. Lots of the usual 1940/50s suspects (actors) in this movie, but it worked for me. I thought it needed more original music though. Amazing how the cross-boarder drug trade is still going on. Claire Trevor always had that unique trait about her acting. Desperate and loving. She was excellent in Key Largo. And that final kiss in this movie: what a beauty.
Maybe it is just the poor quality of the soundtrack, but this former OSS copper dame "who speaks a pretty good Mexican" just said "Grazie, signore!" which means "Thank you, mister!" to the Mexican bus driver in ITALIAN!
Good movie….thanks, for uploading!
The old movies are the best