When Charlie Smith went down to the border, he found more than a boundary between Texas and Mexico. He found a line within himself.
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.
Directed byTony Richardson
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- January 29, 1982
- Budget
- $22,000,000
- Revenue
- $6,118,683
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Jack Nicholson
Charlie Smith
Harvey Keitel
Cat
Valerie Perrine
Marcy
Warren Oates
Red
Elpidia Carrillo
Maria
Shannon Wilcox
Savannah
Manuel Viescas
Juan
Jeff Morris
J.J.
Mike Gomez
Manuel
Dirk Blocker
Beef
- Directed by
- Tony Richardson
- Written by
- Deric WashburnDavid Freeman
- Produced by
- Edgar Bronfman Jr.
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