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The Border
Directed by
Tony Richardson
R
1982
1h 48m
Drama
,
Crime
6.4
65%
52%
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A corrupt border Agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
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Cast of The Border
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
Lonny Chapman
Andy
Stacey Pickren
Hooker
Floyd Levine
Lou
James Jeter
Frank
Alan Fudge
Hawker
William Russ
Jimbo
Gary Grubbs
Honk
Gary Sexton
Slim
Billy Silva
George
Bill McLaughlin
Donny
David Beecroft
Kevin
Esther Sylvey
Secretary
Luis Mejía
First Sweeper
Roberto Rivera
Second Sweeper
Jay Thurman
Timmy
Craig Terry
Salesman
Juan Ramírez
Angel Dominguez
Adalberto Cortez
Doper Coyote
Concepción Palmeres
Old Woman in Processing Room
Juan Salas
Boy in Shantytown
Norma Mayo
Woman at Red's Party
Paula Ruiz
Matron
Carlos Bruno Villaneuva
Trustee
Ronne Drummond
El Scorcho
Richard Watts
Moving Man
Bernice E. Shamaley
Woman at Party
Kenna Espersen
Woman at Party
Glenda Meadows
Woman at Party
Joe Zizik
Admirer at Party
Maria Delgado
Hairdresser
Lupe Ontiveros
Madam in Whorehouse
Francisco Farias
Coyote Maria's Group
Edmundo Alonzo
Boy Dope Smuggler
Alan Gibbs
Van Driver
Beverly Overstreet
Car Wash Patron
Don Charles McGovern
Patrolman Farwell
The Border Ratings & Reviews
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
There's nothing very memorable except for Nicholson's subdued brooding performance.
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
If you want to see Jack Nicholson give a simple, compelling performance with absolutely no hambone antics, look no further than this underrated drama.
Detroit Free Press
Jack Mathews
Jack Nicholson gives his best starring performance since "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" as a soul-searching U.S. border patrolman...
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
Nicholson's best leading role since he won the Oscar for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" six years ago.
Orlando Sentinel
Sumner Rand
It's not a pretty picture, but dramatically, it has considerable impact...
Miami Herald
Bill Cosford
The Border is nearly worth seeing for Nicholson and Perrine. Ultimately, despite the provocative theme of the picture, it is the actors who are wasted.
San Francisco Examiner
Nancy Scott
I found the suspense nerve-wracking because the characters who are In danger are so vulnerable and so innocent, and because the atmosphere of the area is so blindingly real.
Arizona Republic
Michael Maza
The Border splashes around in the shallows on both sides of the Rio Grande, never more than ankle-deep in the problems or drama of illegal immigration.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Elston Brooks
It holds an awful fascination in its awful truths.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Perry Stewart
Richardson, the director of such memorable films as Tom Jones and The Entertainer, rarely succeeds in livening up The Border.
New York Daily News
Rex Reed
The movie becomes a hopeless muddle.
Los Angeles Times
Sheila Benson
At times an out-of-control film, "The Border" nevertheless has a fine cast, clear intent and anguish at its heart as it looks at the unanswerable question of illegal aliens along the length of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
The evidence continues to suggest that well-meaning filmmakers can't lick this particular provocative subject.
Boston Globe
Bruce McCabe
The Border is surprisingly tepid stuff for a Jack Nicholson vehicle.
Variety
Variety Staff
Despite Jack Nicholson's multi-leveled performance, The Border is a surprisingly uninvolving film.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It has the sort of predictable outrage and shape of a made-for-television movie. It has suspense but little excitement.
Sacramento Bee
George Williams
Jack Nicholson gives his most satisfying performance in years, perhaps since "Five Easy Pieces," in "The Border," directed by Tony Richardson.
Hartford Courant
Malcolm Johnson
The three disparate styles that play against one another in "The Border" give this film much of its interest and density, but not without an occasional sense that gears are grinding a bit.
Austin American-Statesman
Patrick Taggart
Nicholson is there with his cigarette and wild hair and his clenched-teeth sincerity to make it all okay.
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