When Charlie Smith went down to the border, he found more than a boundary between Texas and Mexico. He found a line within himself.
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonCharlie Smith
- Harvey KeitelCat
- Valerie PerrineMarcy
- Warren OatesRed
- Elpidia CarrilloMaria
- Shannon WilcoxSavannah
- Manuel ViescasJuan
- Jeff MorrisJ.J.
- Mike GomezManuel
- Dirk BlockerBeef
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- Tony RichardsonDirector
- Walon GreenWriter
- Deric WashburnWriter
- David FreemanWriter
- Ric WaiteDirector of Photography
- Ry CooderOriginal Music Composer
- Robert K. LambertEditor
- Edgar Bronfman Jr.Producer
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