Borderline (1980 film)

Borderline
Film poster
Directed byJerrold Freedman
Written byJerrold Freedman
Steve Kline
Produced byJames Nelson
StarringCharles Bronson
Ed Harris
Bruno Kirby
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
Edited byJohn F. Link
Music byGil Melle
Production
companies
ITC Entertainment
Marble Arch Productions
Distributed byAssociated Film Distribution[1]
Release date
  • December 19, 1980 (1980-12-19)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.8 million[2]
Box office$2.3 million[3]

Borderline is a 1980 American action crime drama film directed and co-written by Jerrold Freedman. Starring Charles Bronson, Ed Harris and Bruno Kirby, it is set in the San Diego–Tijuana area of the U.S.-Mexican border and follows a United States Border Patrol (USBP) Agent who poses as an illegal alien to catch a killer smuggling laborers from Mexico.[4]

  1. ^ Borderline company credits at The New York Times
  2. ^ BRONSON VS. FLOODTIDE OF ILLEGALS IN 'BORDERLINE': ILLEGALS IN 'BORDERLINE' Vasquez, Richard. Los Angeles Times 27 Jan 1980: m3.
  3. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 300. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. ^ "Borderline (1980) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.