The Border
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For the unrelated Canadian television series, see The Border (TV series).
| The Border | |
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| Directed by | Tony Richardson |
| Produced by | Edgar Bronfman Jr. |
| Written by | David Freeman Walon Green Deric Washburn |
| Starring | Jack Nicholson Harvey Keitel Valerie Perrine Warren Oates Manuel Viescas |
| Music by | Ry Cooder |
| Cinematography | Ric Waite |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1982 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
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The Border is a 1982 film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jack Nicholson as Charlie Smith, Warren Oates as Red (in one of his final film roles) and Harvey Keitel as Cat. Smith takes a job as a US Border Patrol agent, Red & Cat are veteran agents at already assigned to the station. The movie is set in Texas.
While attempting to enforce the law, Charlie Smith (Nicholson's character) discovers corruption and a black market system within the force. While trying to support a free-spending wife (Valerie Perrine), he succumbs to the fringe benefits revealed to him by his fellow agent Cat. When Nicholson discovers the depth of what he has become involved in, he is forced to make a deadly decision.
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