Border Incident

Border Incident (1949)

The Shame of Two Nations!

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

Date of release
1949-10-28
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (47)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Anthony Mann

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Mexico

Border Incident is a 1949 American film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, and Howard Da Silva. Directed by Anthony Mann, the MGM production was written by John C. Higgins from a story by John C. Higgins and George Zuckerman. The film was shot by cinematographer John Alton, who used shadows and lighting effects to involve the audience despite the fact that the film was shot on a low budget.

Production

The film was among a number of lower budgeted movies produced at MGM under the regime of Dore Schary.

According to Mann, "Metro said: ‘Make whatever picture you want.' John [Alton] and I had thought of doing Border Incident, because the guys there were also involved with the

Federal agents and T Men. Through the research we had made with T Men we found the fantastic story of the Border Incident boys. We made it on location, but it was really not Metro’s cup of tea. When it came out, they were flabbergasted. It wasn’t anything they thought a motion picture should be!"

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