Movie details

Wetbacks(1956)

Name: Wetbacks
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1956-05-04
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 5.857
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane, John Hoyt, Harold Peary

BORDER TRAFFIC IN HUMAN LIVES!

Drama Crime

Status: Released
Release date: 1956-05-04
Runtime: 1h 29m
Rating: 5.9 / 10 (7 votes)
Original language: en
Certification: -
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 1
Adult content: No

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Overview

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.