Movie
Borderline
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-12-19
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ITC Entertainment, Marble Arch Productions, Associated Film Distribution
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Jeb Maynard
- Bruno Kirby as Jimmy Fante
- Bert Remsen as Carl J. Richards
- Michael Lerner as Henry Lydell
- Kenneth McMillan as Malcolm Wallace
- Ed Harris as Hotchkiss
- Karmin Murcelo as Elena Morales
- Enrique Castillo as Arturo
- Wilford Brimley as Scooter Jackson
- Norman Alden as Willie Lambert
- James Victor as Mirandez
- Panchito Gómez as Benito Morales
Crew
- Jerrold Freedman - Director
- Jerrold Freedman - Screenplay
- Steve Kline - Screenplay
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