

The Border
1982-01-29 · 108 min · ★ 6.0
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
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Production details
- Directors
- Tony Richardson
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures, Efer Productions, RKO Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 22,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 6,118,683
Top Cast
Jack NicholsonCharlie Smith
Harvey KeitelCat
Valerie PerrineMarcy
Warren OatesRed
Elpidia CarrilloMaria
Shannon WilcoxSavannah
Jeff MorrisJ.J.
Mike GomezManuel
Dirk BlockerBeef
Lonny ChapmanAndy
Stacey PickrenHooker
Floyd LevineLou
James JeterFrank
Alan FudgeHawker
William RussJimbo
Gary GrubbsHonkTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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