Wetbacks

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Release date: May 04, 1956
Duration: 89 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Lloyd Bridges
Jim Benson
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Nancy Gates
Sally Parker
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Barton MacLane
Karl Shanks
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John Hoyt
Steve Bodine
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Harold Peary
Juan Ortega