Review of Border Incident (1949) by Susan S — 30 Nov 2013
Touch and violent noir about agent Ricardo Montalban going undercover to stop the smuggling of illegal immigrants from Mexico into the US. Anthony Mann directed the film with a lot of style, suspense and muscle.
John Alton provided the gorgeously stark black and white photography. Charles McGraw plays one of the heavies and André Previn (uncredited) provides the music. I'd never heard of this film before and was quite surprised how good it was and how much I liked it.
It was also fun to see a young Montalban instead of simply thinking of him as Khan and Mr. Rourke.
This review of Border Incident (1949) was written by Susan S on 30 Nov 2013.
Border Incident has generally received positive reviews.
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