chesty gringo telly savalas ( a frank cooper ) be a u mexico border cop . he serve a a father figure to young immigrant danny de la paz ( a benny romero ) and who want mr. savalas to be best man at his impend wedding . savalas be tough and but bos eddie albert ( a commander moffat ) may be tough . tough be what you need to stop smuggler michael v. gazzo ( a chico suarez ) . alliance may be in flux . if you find the possibility of hear kojak and oliver douglas utter expletive to be repulsive and you ought to steer clear of the border . if not and you may not have the stomach for the realistic cow slaughter scene . although it doesn not end up be worth much and mr. de la paz and cecilia camacho ( a leina ) steal the show . the border ( 1979 ) tony richardson ~ telly savalas and danny de la paz and eddie albert .