Wetbacks (1956)
Per its title, Wetbacks deals with the smuggling into the US of illegal Mexican aliens. The villains are played by John Hoyt and, of all people, Harold "The Great Gildersleeve" Peary. Hoping to smash Hoyt and Peary's smuggling operation is fishing-boat skipper Lloyd Bridges, who, unbeknownst to himself, is being monitored by the US immigration service. Nancy Gates costars as a supposed femme fatale who turns out to be one of the good guys; likewise deceptively cast is veteran screen heavy Barton MacLaine. Wetbacks was directed by Hank McCune, a part-time comedian whose early-1950s TV sitcom was allegedly the first such program to utilize a recorded laughtrack. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, (more)
- Director(s):
- Hank McCune
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Synopsis of Wetbacks
Per its title, Wetbacks deals with the smuggling into the US of illegal Mexican aliens. The villains are played by John Hoyt and, of all people, Harold "The Great Gildersleeve" Peary. Hoping to smash Hoyt and Peary's smuggling operation is fishing-boat skipper Lloyd Bridges, who, unbeknownst to himself, is being monitored by the US immigration service. Nancy Gates costars as a supposed femme fatale who turns out to be one of the good guys; likewise deceptively cast is veteran screen heavy Barton MacLaine. Wetbacks was directed by Hank McCune, a part-time comedian whose early-1950s TV sitcom was allegedly the first such program to utilize a recorded laughtrack. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Wetbacks
- Lloyd Bridges - Jim Benson
- Barton MacLane - Karl Shanks
- Harold Peary - Juan Ortega
- Robert Keys - Reeser
- Scott Douglas - Immigration Officer
- Salvador Baguez - Mexican Policeman
- Tom Keene - Highway Patron Inspector
- Nancy Gates - Sally Parker
- John Hoyt - Steve Bodine
- Nacho Galindo - Alphonse
- Louis Jean Heydt - Coast Guard Commander
- Wally Cassell - Coast Guard Lieutenant
- Jose Gonzales-Gonzales - Wetback
- Director(s):
- Hank McCune
- Producer(s):
- Hank McCune
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