A film older than I am and a top as fresh as the cable news this evening.
This Anthony Mann directed film noir about those on both sides of the border who prey on illegal immigrants is deftly done with a director that has extensive experience in westerns and crime movies; his greatest achievement to come a decade later - El Cid.
We lost Ricardo Montalban this year, but seeing him at 28 years old was a treat. he had a dozen and a half films by that time, and he was already a good actor.
Not the usual film noir in dark alleys, but in the bright Mexican desert. The scene with the quicksand was especially heinous.
This Anthony Mann directed film noir about those on both sides of the border who prey on illegal immigrants is deftly done with a director that has extensive experience in westerns and crime movies; his greatest achievement to come a decade later - El Cid.
We lost Ricardo Montalban this year, but seeing him at 28 years old was a treat. he had a dozen and a half films by that time, and he was already a good actor.
Not the usual film noir in dark alleys, but in the bright Mexican desert. The scene with the quicksand was especially heinous.