The Border
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Directed by | Tony Richardson |
Produced by | Edgar Bronfman Jr. |
Written by | David Freeman Walon Green Deric Washburn |
Starring | Jack Nicholson Harvey Keitel Valerie Perrine |
Music by | Ry Cooder |
Cinematography | Ric Waite |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date(s) | 1982 |
Running time | 109 min. |
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The Border is a 1982 film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jack Nicholson and Harvey Keitel . Nicholson takes a job as a Texas border patrol officer.
While attempting to enforce the law, he discovers corruption and a black market system within the force. While trying to support a free spending wife (Valerie Perrine), he succumbs to the fringe benefits revealed to him by fellow officer Keitel. When he discovers the depth of what he has become involved in, he is forced to make a deadly decision.