Borderline (1980)

On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb's partner's murder.

Director:

Jerrold Freedman

Writers:

Jerrold Freedman, Steve Kline

Stars:

Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charles Bronson	...	Jeb Maynard
Bruno Kirby	...	Jimmy Fante
Bert Remsen	...	Carl J. Richards
Michael Lerner	...	Henry Lydell
Kenneth McMillan	...	Malcolm Wallace
Ed Harris	...	Hotchkiss
Karmin Murcelo	...	Elena Morales
Enrique Castillo	...	Arturo
Wilford Brimley	...	Scooter Jackson (as A. Wilford Brimley)
Norman Alden	...	Willie Lambert
James Victor	...	Mirandez
Panchito Gómez	...	Benito Morales
John Ashton	...	Charlie Monroe
Lawrence P. Casey	...	Andy Davis (as Lawrence Casey)
Charles Cyphers	...	Ski

Storyline

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime. If this villainous smuggler is going to be caught, Maynard is going to have to do the dirty work himself.

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Plot Keywords:

u.s. mexico border | manhunt | wetback | immigrant | u.s. border patrol | 

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Taglines:

Somewhere along a thousand miles of barbed wire border the American dream has become a nightmare

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

23 January 1981 (Finland)

Also Known As:

A 20 millas de la justicia

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Lord Grade, Marble Arch Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The U.S. Marine Corps provided co-operation for a military burial detail for the filming of the funeral scene at the Fort Rosencrans National Cemetery which is located at Point Loma, San Diego in California, USA.

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Connections

Referenced in The Rock (1996)

User Reviews

Thoroughly uninteresting.

This was the third turkey in a row for Charles Bronson, after "The White Buffalo" and "Love and Bullets". It's so utterly, extraordinarily dull that you may not quite make to the end. There is little plot, no action, no emotion, no humor and generally nothing to engage your interest in any way; even the supporting characters are colorless. The previous reviewer was right: don't bother. (*1/2)