Border Cop
(1980)
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Border Cop
(1980)
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Telly Savalas | ... |
Frank Cooper
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Danny De La Paz | ... |
Benny Romero
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Eddie Albert | ... |
Moffat
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Michael V. Gazzo | ... |
Chico Suarez
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Cecilia Camacho | ... |
Leina Romero
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Robin Clarke | ... |
Officer Eddie Hale
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Mary McCusker | ... |
Hippie Girl
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Herman Blood | ... |
Chivo
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Noé Murayama | ... |
Mosca
(as Noe Murayama)
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Harry Madsen | ... |
Patrol Harold Fisk
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Guillermo Vega | ... |
Paco
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Gary Davis | ... |
Surfer
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Ricardo Frera | ... |
Ramon
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Josefina Echánove | ... |
Whore
(as Josefina Echanove)
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Maritza Olivares | ... |
Whore
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In late 1970s California U.S.Border Patrol agent Frank Cooper is trying hard to be fair.He is keeping a fine balance between honestly doing his duty and empathizing with many of the illegal Mexican border jumpers who cross his path.Cooper personally knows some of the repeat offenders and empathizes with them.He knows that many poor Mexican border jumpers come to the USA to work for small wages to help their families left behind in Mexico.Cooper bears no grudge against these helpless unfortunates but he also knows that he took an oath and must do his duty with honor.He tries to help some of the illegals without breaking the law.But Cooper faces two major obstacles in the person of his boss Moffat who's corrupt and that of the local human smuggler Suarez who is prepared to kill anyone interfering with his activities. Written by nufs68
A film sensitive to the plight of Mexican immigrants coming to the US for a better life.
Savalas plays a border agent with a compassionate heart. Savalas is really great in this role, and the production/writing nearly rises to his level. When he's not on-screen, the film is two dimensional. The other agents are hateful Americans, the immigrants are sentimentalized heroes. I like the heartfelt understanding, but I wish it wasn't so "good guy/bad guy".
Savalas somehow makes it all credible, but he's not always the focus. When he is, good flick.