The Border

The Border

Infobox_Film
name = The Border


caption = original movie poster
director = Tony Richardson
producer = Edgar Bronfman Jr.
writer = David Freeman
Walon Green
Deric Washburn
starring = Jack Nicholson
Harvey Keitel
Valerie Perrine
Warren Oates
Manuel Viescas
music = Ry Cooder
cinematography = Ric Waite
editing =
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = 1982
runtime = 109 min.
language =
budget =
imdb_id = 0083678

"The Border" is a 1982 film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jack Nicholson as Charlie Smith, Warren Oates as Red (in one of his final film roles) and Harvey Keitel as Cat. Smith takes a job as a US Border Patrol agent, Red & Cat are veteran agents at already assigned to the station. The movie is set in Texas.

While attempting to enforce the law, Charlie Smith (Nicholson's character) discovers corruption and a black market system within the force. While trying to support a free-spending wife (Valerie Perrine), he succumbs to the fringe benefits revealed to him by his fellow agent Cat. When Nicholson discovers the depth of what he has become involved in, he is forced to make a deadly decision.

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