Borderline (1950 film)

Borderline
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William A. Seiter James Anderson
Screenplay by	Devery Freeman
Story by	Devery Freeman
Produced by	Milton H. Bren William A. Seiter
Starring	Fred MacMurray Claire Trevor
Cinematography	Lucien N. Andriot
Edited by	Harry Keller
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Production company	Borderline Productions
Distributed by	Universal International
Release date	March 1, 1950 (1950-03-01) (United States)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Borderline is a 1950 American romantic crime film directed by William A. Seiter starring Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor.

Plot

Roy Roberts, Claire Trevor and Fred MacMurray in Borderline

Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr) runs a narcotics smuggling operation to the USA from Mexico, which the Los Angeles Police Department and the US federal government have unsuccessfully tried to stop. Because of Ritchie's careful operating procedures, US authorities haven't even been able to find out the identities of his sources or customers and are desperate for a breakthrough. As a last resort, Madeleine Haley (Claire Trevor), an LAPD officer and former OSS operative, is sent undercover to Mexico to charm her way into Ritchie's confidence.

Once there, Haley manages to establish contact with Ritchie's gang, but is kidnapped by Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray), a federal agent posing as a hoodlum working for a rival of Ritchie's and who also steals a load of Ritchie's narcotics. Haley plays along and joins Macklin on a smuggling trip for the stolen narcotics, with Ritchie in hot pursuit.

Cast

• Fred MacMurray as Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
• Claire Trevor as Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue
• Raymond Burr as Pete Ritchie
• Morris Ankrum as Bill Whittaker
• Roy Roberts as Harvey Gumbin
• Don Diamond as Deusik
• Nacho Galindo as Porfirio
• Pepe Hern as Pablo
• Grazia Narciso as Porfirio's Wife

External links

• Borderline at IMDb
• Borderline is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• Borderline at AllMovie
• Borderline at the TCM Movie Database
• Borderline at the American Film Institute Catalog