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Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.
José Torvay
- Miguel
- (as Jose Torvay)
Edward Biby
- Club Patron
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Charlie - Police Detective
- (uncredited)
George Calliga
- Hotel Guest
- (uncredited)
Stephen Chase
- Police Detective
- (uncredited)
Peggy Converse
- Suspect Questioned by Whittaker
- (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
- Man at Customs
- (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez
- Mexican Telegraph Clerk
- (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
- Alonzo - Mexican Policeman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaAccording to a NYT article, Fred MacMurray, Milton H. Bren, Claire Trevor and William A. Seiter deferred their salaries to produce the film.
- GoofsWhen Johnny and Madeleine are ditching the body in the Mexican town, the right side of the car is completely splattered with dry mud. Moments later, when they ditch the car in the ravine, it is almost totally clean.
- Quotes
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin: I can also keep my mouth shut in two languages.
- Alternate versionsThe badly edited version, released by Viking Entertainment/Burbank Video is missing the scene when the heroes discover they are both cops!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The World Famous Kid Detective (2014)
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Hi, Everyone,
I bought the DVD of Borderline at the 99 Cent Store. One buck for the movie makes it low cost but also there is no menu or chapters to make it easy to find a specific place in the movie.
There are some fun moments in the film. If you are an old car buff, you will see a 1939 Buick (pushed front end first into a shallow ravine), a 1949 Mercury, an old Nash and other vintage cars and trucks and buses.
Some mistakes from the movie include at the 45 minute point, Fred MacMurray looks into his rear view mirror (39 Buick) to see a motorcycle cop who is chasing him. The only problem is there is no rear view mirror. It was common in these old movies to remove the rear view mirror at the top of the inside of the windshield so the camera could see the driver and the passengers in the car. At 76 minutes into the movie watch the 1949 Mercury as it comes toward the camera and merges with traffic. It is supposed to be a convertible with 2 people inside. This is a stock footage insert of a '49 Mercury 4 door sedan with one person inside.
Two excellent scenes to watch for include a plane landing beautifully on a beach and taxiing up to the camera (63 minutes into the film), and a scene where a dead man is in the back seat of Fred MacMurray's car. The man playing the corpse keeps his eyes wide open for what seems like a minute or longer without blinking. That is at the 44 minute spot in the movie.
The story is OK. It straddles somewhere between comedy and serious detective chase film.
A better Raymond Burr movie might be "Rear Window." Fred MacMurray was more memorable in "Double Indemnity."
Tom Willett
I bought the DVD of Borderline at the 99 Cent Store. One buck for the movie makes it low cost but also there is no menu or chapters to make it easy to find a specific place in the movie.
There are some fun moments in the film. If you are an old car buff, you will see a 1939 Buick (pushed front end first into a shallow ravine), a 1949 Mercury, an old Nash and other vintage cars and trucks and buses.
Some mistakes from the movie include at the 45 minute point, Fred MacMurray looks into his rear view mirror (39 Buick) to see a motorcycle cop who is chasing him. The only problem is there is no rear view mirror. It was common in these old movies to remove the rear view mirror at the top of the inside of the windshield so the camera could see the driver and the passengers in the car. At 76 minutes into the movie watch the 1949 Mercury as it comes toward the camera and merges with traffic. It is supposed to be a convertible with 2 people inside. This is a stock footage insert of a '49 Mercury 4 door sedan with one person inside.
Two excellent scenes to watch for include a plane landing beautifully on a beach and taxiing up to the camera (63 minutes into the film), and a scene where a dead man is in the back seat of Fred MacMurray's car. The man playing the corpse keeps his eyes wide open for what seems like a minute or longer without blinking. That is at the 44 minute spot in the movie.
The story is OK. It straddles somewhere between comedy and serious detective chase film.
A better Raymond Burr movie might be "Rear Window." Fred MacMurray was more memorable in "Double Indemnity."
Tom Willett
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- Tráfico de muerte
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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