The Border

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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.

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