
Wetbacks
Former Coastguardsmen Jim Benson is about to lose his boat when a couple approaches him for a fishing charter. Jim departs just ahead of the Sherrif with drunken Shanks, and his companion Sally (Gates). Shanks takes off into a small Mexican village after a fight with Jim, stranding both Sally and him with no money. Two local men hear of Jim's plight, and offer him money to smuggle a batch of illegal aliens, called Wetbacks, into the U.S. He agrees but is blackmailed into continuing to run the smuggling operation. Afraid, Jim decides to make a run for it, but someone close to him reveals themselves as a US Immigration agent and asks him to assist them in shutting down the smugglers for good.
Release Date: 1956-05-04
Drama
Crime
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Casts

Lloyd Bridges
as Jim Benson

Nancy Gates
as Sally Parker

Barton MacLane
as Karl Shanks

John Hoyt
as Steve Bodine

Harold Peary
as Juan Ortega

Nacho Galindo
as Alfonso

Robert Keys
as Reeser

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales
as Wetback

Louis Jean Heydt
as Coast Guard Comdr. Randall

Roy Gordon
as Hoppy