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.

Released May 4, 1956 89 min 7+

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.b-movie, imdb.boat, imdb.psychotronic-film, imdb.blackmail, imdb.racial-slur-in-title, imdb.surveillance, imdb.skipper + 9 more, imdb.mexico, imdb.human-smuggling, imdb.fishing-boat, imdb.femme-fatale, imdb.smuggling, imdb.illegal-immigrant, imdb.remake, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, aspectratio.1-85-1