
Wetbacks
1956 • Drama | Crime
Hank McCune
Director
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
May 4, 1956
Duration
89 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.3165
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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.
Cast

Lloyd Bridges

Nancy Gates

Barton MacLane

John Hoyt

Harold Peary

Nacho Galindo

Robert Keys

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

Louis Jean Heydt

Roy Gordon

I. Stanford Jolley

Wally Cassell

Gene Roth