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Titolo originale: Border Incident
  • 1949
  • Approved
  • 1h 34min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,0/10
2913
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Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy in Mercanti di uomini (1949)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaMexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.

  • Regia
    • Anthony Mann
  • Sceneggiatura
    • John C. Higgins
    • George Zuckerman
  • Star
    • Ricardo Montalban
    • George Murphy
    • Howard Da Silva
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,0/10
    2913
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Anthony Mann
    • Sceneggiatura
      • John C. Higgins
      • George Zuckerman
    • Star
      • Ricardo Montalban
      • George Murphy
      • Howard Da Silva
    • 52Recensioni degli utenti
    • 43Recensioni della critica
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    Interpreti principali48

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    Ricardo Montalban
    Ricardo Montalban
    • Pablo Rodriguez
    George Murphy
    George Murphy
    • Jack Bearnes
    Howard Da Silva
    Howard Da Silva
    • Owen Parkson
    James Mitchell
    James Mitchell
    • Juan Garcia
    Arnold Moss
    Arnold Moss
    • Zopilote
    Alfonso Bedoya
    Alfonso Bedoya
    • Cuchillo
    Teresa Celli
    Teresa Celli
    • Maria
    Charles McGraw
    Charles McGraw
    • Jeff Amboy
    José Torvay
    José Torvay
    • Pocoloco
    • (as Jose Torvay)
    John Ridgely
    John Ridgely
    • Mr. Neley
    Arthur Hunnicutt
    Arthur Hunnicutt
    • Clayton Nordell
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich
    Otto Waldis
    Otto Waldis
    • Fritz
    Carlos Albert
    • Policeman
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    Harry Antrim
    Harry Antrim
    • John MacReynolds
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Lita Baron
    Lita Baron
    • Rosita
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    Tony Barr
    • Luis
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    Robert Cabal
    Robert Cabal
    • Bracero
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      • Anthony Mann
    • Sceneggiatura
      • John C. Higgins
      • George Zuckerman
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    8Patriotlad@aol.com

    Fifty-six And 1/2 Years On The Road To Nowhere

    One of the few benefits of working late hours is the chance to see hard-to-find movies on Turner Classic Movies ( TCM ) and on a few other cable television channels ( ENCORE ). One of the reasons to see 'film noir' productions on TCM is that they seldom circulate in any other forums, and also, the way these films were made works OK on a regular television screen and system.

    "Border Incident" is one of those TCM presentations I've seen more than once now, and I am most favorably impressed with it. My initial vote was for a seven but after re-thinking it, I sent in a re-vote of eight.

    The camera work, cinematography, was A + in my opinion. It has the best characteristics of what we would now call "docu-drama." Some of these older movies have great acting and corny plots, and in some "film noir" stories you get great story-telling and B + acting. I guess that's why they were called "B" movies.

    Actually, that's not true, as I believe the "B" assignment meant that the movie was sent out as the second part of a double feature package.

    Fifty-six years after the facts which make up this docu-drama were deemed to be important, the only change in them facts is for the worse.

    Greed and opportunism still dominate the "politics of temporary labor" or more accurately, the "politics of cheap labor." There's something gnarly about this movie, and it isn't just about the obvious elements of the plot, being avarice, sadism and murder ....

    As a young lad growing up in Texas, I learned first hand how difficult life was and could be for migrant farm workers. Mexican and native-born.

    The people-smuggling business has been much in the news lately and it has been the basic theme of several really well-done movies, and I can recommend "The Transporter" as being one, and "The Empire Of The Wolves" with Jean Reno as being another to see on DVD.

    There's a lot of real humanity in "Border Incident," and yet it all plays out in a stark and tragic way ....

    It's definitely not a modernistic or post-modern cinematic mess.

    It's a quality film drama on a very important subject.
    8bsmith5552

    Film Noire Sans Femme Fatale

    Director Anthony Mann is probably best remembered for the series of gritty westerns he made with James Stewart in the 1950s. However prior to this he directed some memorable film noire classics of which "Border Incident" is one of the best. Devoid of the usual film noire "femme fatale", it is nonetheless a dark and unusually (for the time) violent film.

    The plot concerns the efforts of the Mexican and American Immigration Services to stem the flow of illegal farm workers crossing the border into the US illegally. To this end the Mexicans assign Pablo Rodrgues (Ricardo Montalban) and the Americans, Jack Bearnes (George Murphy) to work under cover to find the sources of both the illegal traffic and the grizzly murders of workers crossing back into Mexico with their earnings.

    They discover that the head of the operation is Owen Parkson (Howard DaSilva). His cohorts include Arnold Moss and Alfonso Bedoya as a couple of ruthless murders, Charles McGraw and Arthur Hunnicutt as his foreman and assistant and Sig Ruman as his Mexican "recruiter".

    The film is both dark (most of the film takes place at night) and violent. At the beginning we see the brutal stabbings of several helpless workers returning home by Moss, Bedoya and company and the unceremonious dumping of the bodies into a pool of quicksand. Later, one of the characters meets a particularly gruesome end under a large farm cultivator.

    Montalbon and Murphy in particular, turn in excellent performances. Both live on life's edges in their efforts to bring the criminals to justice. Sig Ruman is very good as the brutal Mexican contact. McGraw walks away with the villain's honors as the devious foreman. In fact the whole cast is excellent.

    As this film was produced by MGM, Mann was given a larger budget than usual. The scenes are well constructed and lit to give one that classic black and white feeling of impending doom. It will keep you glued to the screen from start to finish.
    8mik-19

    Pure cinema

    At the outset here, I have to ask, Who cares if this is a film noir or not? If not, does it detract from it? If it is, does that enhance it as a work of art? Of course it doesn't, the debate is arbitrary and nonsensical. It makes no difference. Film noir was not a concept until the 1960's anyway, so the discussion is not only irrelevant, it is decidedly un-academic.

    First and foremost, 'Border Incident' is a miraculously involving, dynamic piece of cinema. The voice-overs in the beginning and the one at the end have dated really badly with their flag-waving patriotism and faux-documentary style, but the 75 minutes in the middle are riveting.

    Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy are detectives, respectively Mexican and American, with a mission to protect the Mexican braceros, farm workers, who are smuggled over the border and robbed, murdered and dropped in the quicksand, when they come back with money in their pockets. They infiltrate themselves into the the band of cutthroats to stop the trafficking.

    The theme is contemporary to us, to say the least. And the way the story is told is relentless, stylish and urgent. It is brilliantly shot, wonderfully lit and edited like no-one's business. And it is tough as nails, there is a gruesome scene involving some farm machinery ... I will not go into details, but you might want to put your kids to bed in time.

    A truly great movie, pure cinema. And call it what you want, for all I care. Noir, western-noir, whatever.
    9manfromlaramie-1

    Terrific, Taut, & Terrifying Movie about Farming

    An underrated gem from the cannon of Anthony Mann. Two agents - one American, one Mexican - cooperate on an investigation into illegal immigrant farm labour. The bad guys are the people smugglers, and boy are they bad - evil, ruthless and sadistic. Contains scenes of extreme violence which Hollywood tolerated in certain westerns and noirs of the late 40's post-war era, and this is kind of a western noir crime movie with lots of vegetables. Its a movie that could give you nightmares, especially if you approach it unaware due to its age, that its actually quite disturbingly brutal and relentless.

    Easily ranks as Ricardo Montoblan's finest performance, and only makes one baffled as to how he became such a shameless ham later in life with the likes of Fantasy Island. George Murphy, who plays the American agent, had a fascinating career. Dropping out of Yale to become a coal stoker, he switched to a tap dancing hoofer in 30's pictures, then a solid supporting actor in war pictures. Following the lead of his pal Ronnie Reagan he entered Republican politics, rising to become a member of the US Senate for California.

    John Alton lensed this picture, and his monochrome work is a remarkably beautiful achievement. Only a year after this movie Alton would photograph An American In Paris - easily one the best Technicolor movies ever shot.
    8tavm

    Border Incident was one of the late Ricardo Montalban's more compelling movies

    With the death of Ricardo Montalban still fresh from a few weeks ago, I thought I'd check from my local library a DVD of one of his more dramatically compelling movies he made for his contracted studio, M-G-M. Directed by Anthony Mann just before his legendary streak of James Stewart westerns in the following decade, Border Incident has a sort of western feel as it tells the story of a couple of agents, one U.S. and one Mexican, trying to protect Mexican immigrants from being exploited and beaten to death in this country. Both Montalban and George Murphy-who's usually a song-and-dance man-are very compelling in their straight roles. As the villains, Howard Da Silva and Charles McGraw also bring their subtle creepiness to somewhat charismatic effect (well, Da Silva anyway). And James Mitchell brings his own charm as one of the migrant workers Montalban tries to help. There's also a naturalistic documentary feel in the beginning and end that make this somewhat realistic for the era which is also achieved by rare uses of the music score throughout. If you've only known Mr. Montalban as Mr. Roarke on "Fantasy Island" or as Khan on the "Star Trek" episode "Space Seed" not to mention Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, you'll probably be wonderfully surprised by his heroic role here. With that, I highly recommend Border Incident.

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    • Quiz
      In an interview with TCM, Ricardo Montalban, who was born in Mexico, pointed to this film as one of the few he made in Hollywood in which he actually played a Mexican.
    • Blooper
      Near the end, Pablo Rodriguez (Ricardo Montalban) is almost fully submerged in quicksand. However, immediately upon being pulled out, he looks as if he's had a shower; the quicksand that had been on his face and hair is completely gone.
    • Citazioni

      Zopilote: What is cheaper than time, senor? Everybody has the same amount.

    • Connessioni
      Featured in Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)

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    • Data di uscita
      • 31 ottobre 1950 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingue
      • Inglese
      • Spagnolo
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Mexicali, Baja California Norte, Messico
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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      • 749.000 USD (previsto)
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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 34min(94 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
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      • 1.37 : 1

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