Beyond All Limits

1959 · Movie · 114 min. · Mexico

Drama Fishing Melodrama

In the Mexican fishing village of Topolobampo, a man has his pride and a woman has her reputation. Pepe, a hothead jailed once for violence, is tested when a drunken sailor's chance remark gets him doubting that his wife Magdalena's child is his. After a six-year absence, gringo Jim Gatsby is in town with a scheme to make a lot of money using a depth reader to locate schools of shrimp: he'll wait outside the limits of Mexican waters and shrimpers will bring him their catch. It's illegal, but should be foolproof. The fishing scheme goes awry as Pepe's jealousy consumes him. If adults think only of themselves, can a child's innocence save anyone?

Direction Roberto Gavaldón

Cast María Félix · Jack Palance · Pedro Armendáriz · Carlos Montalbán · Domingo Soler · Jorge Martínez de Hoyos · Emma Roldán · Humberto Almazán · Agustín Fernández · Pedro Galván · Enrique Lucero · Juan Múzquiz · Alberto Pedret · Paul Stewart · José Torvay