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| Fred MacMurray | ... | Johnny McEvoy - aka Johnny Macklin | |
| Claire Trevor | ... | Madeleine Haley | |
| Raymond Burr | ... | Pete Ritchie | |
| José Torvay | ... | Miguel (as Jose Torvay) | |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Bill Whittaker | |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Harvey Gumbin | |
| Don Diamond | ... | Deusik | |
| Nacho Galindo | ... | Porfirio | |
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Pepe Hern | ... | Pablo |
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Grazia Narciso | ... | Porfirio's Wife |
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Customs agents are looking for information about Pete Ritchie, who is involved in smuggling drugs into the US. Police officer Madeleine Haley goes undercover in order to gain Ritchie's confidence, and before long she meets him through one of his associates. As she is talking with Ritchie, Johnny Macklin and one of his men burst in, and they provoke a violent confrontation. From then on, Haley is in constant danger as she attempts to figure out everything that is happening in the smuggling operation. Written by Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords:
narcotics | drug smuggling | police interrogation | posing as husband and wife | customs officer |Taglines:
Two Undercover Agents Unwittingly Stalk the Same Target.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
1 March 1950 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tráfico de muerte See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Whittaker: Quitting, nonsense. You've shown yourself admirably equipped for this assignment. Isn't that right, McEvoy?
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin: She has excellent equipment. And doesn't hesitate to use it.
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Fred MacMurray, Milton Bren, Claire Trevor and William A. Seiter deferred their salaries to produce the film. See more »Goofs
When 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. See more »Quotes
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue: I'm quitting, Mr. Whittaker.Whittaker: Quitting, nonsense. You've shown yourself admirably equipped for this assignment. Isn't that right, McEvoy?
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin: She has excellent equipment. And doesn't hesitate to use it.
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Alternate Versions
The badly edited version, released by Viking Entertainment/Burbank Video is missing the scene when the heroes discover they are both cops! See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Borderline has the interesting premise that two government agencies have operators working the same case and neither knows anything about the other. If they did there would be no film called Borderline.
According to a recent biography of Fred MacMurray the film was produced by Claire Trevor's husband Milton Bren and MacMurray was given a piece of the film in lieu of a salary. It doesn't look like to much was spent on production values so it probably made a profit for its investors who were also its investors.
Trevor is with the LAPD and she's sent in looking for dope smuggler Raymond Burr while MacMurray is with the Feds and he's worked his way into the gang of rival smuggler Roy Roberts. Circumstance throws these two together as MacMurray takes Trevor for what she is, a wisecracking moll whom he starts to fall for. Nevertheless his duty is clear.
Borderline is not quite an easy fit between film noir and comedy which both stars have done their share of. Nevertheless MacMurray and Trevor work well together. Borderline is the kind of film Fred might have done with Carole Lombard had she lived.
Fans of this most underrated actor will like this film, Fred carried worse in his career.