Borderline
Borderline is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by William A. Seiter and starring Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor. It was filmed from late May to early July 1949 at Republic Studios.
Plot
Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr) runs a narcotics smuggling operation to the US from Mexico, which the Los Angeles Police Department and the US federal government have unsuccessfully tried to stop. Because of Ritchie's careful operating procedures, US authorities haven't even been able to find out the identities of his sources or customers and are desperate for a breakthrough. As a last resort, Madeleine Haley (Claire Trevor), an LAPD officer and former OSS operative, is sent undercover to Mexico to charm her way into Ritchie's confidence.
More details
| author | Devery Freeman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico |
| director | William A. Seiter |
| editor | Harry Keller |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | federal agent federal government id kidnap los angeles los angeles police department narcotic office of strategic services os police department smuggle |
| musicBy | Hans J. Salter |
| producer | Milton H. Bren |
| productionCompany | and William A. Seiter Productions Borderline Pictures Corporation Milton H. Bren |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | film noir noir romantic drama |