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Border Radio
The cover of the Criterion Collection edition.
Directed byAllison Anders
Dean Lent
Kurt Voss
Written byAllison Anders
Dean Lent
Kurt Voss
Produced byMarcus DeLeon
StarringChris D.
John Doe
Chris Shearer
Luanna Anders
Distributed byInternational Film Marketing
Release date
  • November 1987 (1987-11) (U.S.)
Running time
87 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Border Radio is a 1987 independent film directed by Allison Anders, Dean Lent and Kurt Voss, in which two musicians and a roadie who haven't been paid rob money from a club and one flees to Mexico leaving his wife and daughter behind. The film features music from cowpunk bands and artists, including the Flesh Eaters, Green on Red, John Doe, the Divine Horsemen, X, and the Blasters.

The title refers to "border blaster" radio stations that broadcast from Mexico into the United States.

Cast

  • Chris D. as Jeff Bailey
  • Chris Shearer as Chris
  • Dave Alvin as Dave
  • Devon Anders as Devon
  • Luanna Anders as Lu
  • Iris Berry as Scenester
  • Julie Christensen as Door girl
  • John Doe as Dean
  • Eddie Flowers as Thug
  • Green on Red as Band in Club
  • Texacala Jones as Babysitter
  • Chuck Shepard as Expatriate
  • Sebastian Sopeland as Thug
  • Craig Stark as Thug

References