Wetbacks (1956)
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.
Director: Hank McCune
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Lloyd Bridges as Jim Benson |
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Nancy Gates as Sally Parker |
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Barton MacLane as Karl Shanks |
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John Hoyt as Steve Bodine |
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Harold Peary as Juan Ortega |
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Nacho Galindo as Alfonso |
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Robert Keys as Reeser |
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Salvador Baguez as Mexican Policeman |
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Jose Gonzales-Gonzales as Wetback |
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Louis Jean Heydt as Coast Guard Comdr. Randall |
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Roy Gordon as Hoppy |
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Scott Douglas as Immigration Officer |
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I. Stanford Jolley as Fred |
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Wally Cassell as Coast Guard lieutenant |
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Gene Roth as Truck Thug |
| Directing | Hank McCune | Director |
| Writing | Edward D. Wood Jr. | Writer |
