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With Ricardo Montalban, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, José Pérez. In Mexico City, a poor single father is mistaken for a serial killer by the local cops, but the man's son stumbles upon the real killer and tries to warn the police after being abducted.
A Life in the Balance is a 1955 American-Mexican thriller film directed by Harry Horner and Rafael Portillo and starring Ricardo Montalbán, Anne Bancroft and Lee Marvin. It was shot in Mexico, and distributed in the United States by Twentieth Century Fox .
A Life in the Balance (Harry Horner & Rafael Portillo, 1955) 8/10 Atmospheric little thriller bordering on noir and set in Mexico City during one night. A serial killer (Lee Marvin) stabs a woman and an out-of-work musician (Ricardo Montalban) is arrested for the crime.
Third-billed Lee Marvin dominates the proceedings in A Life in the Balance. Marvin plays a psycho killer, whose trail is dogged by inquistive young Jose Perez. Jose's father, musician Ricardo Montalban, has been accused of a series of murders.
Based on the novella A Matter of Life and Death by Georges Simenon in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Jan 1952).
A Life in the Balance: even the name bespeaks noir. So, not surprisingly, destiny has a nasty shock in store for out-of-work widower Montalban, who is struggling to make a secure home for his motherless little boy. Neighbors are threatening a custody action, and a smitten ex-lover is resisting repayment of a large loan.
A LIFE IN THE BALANCE. Directed by. Harry Horner, . Rafael Portillo. United States, Mexico, 1955. Thriller. 74. Synopsis. A serial killer has Mexico City in a state of unease as he stabs his young female victims and leaves them with their arms folded. Synopsis.
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Synopsis. In Mexico City, a poor single father is mistaken for a serial killer by the local cops, but the man's son stumbles upon the real killer and tries to warn the...
Leo Townsend. Screenplay. A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.
