Borderline

Dec 19, 1980

1h 44m

★ 6.0

Somewhere along a thousand miles of barbed wire border, the American dream has become a nightmare.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

ITC Entertainment

Marble Arch Productions

Associated Film Distribution

Borderline Trailers

Cast

Jeb Maynard

Charles Bronson

Jimmy Fante

Bruno Kirby

Carl J. Richards

Bert Remsen

Henry Lydell

Michael Lerner

Malcolm Wallace

Kenneth McMillan

Hotchkiss

Ed Harris

Elena Morales

Karmin Murcelo

Arturo

Enrique Castillo

Scooter Jackson

Wilford Brimley

Willie Lambert

Norman Alden

Mirandez

James Victor

Benito Morales

Panchito Gómez

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