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| starring = [[Ricardo Montalban]] <br> [[Anne Bancroft]] <br> [[Lee Marvin]] |
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Reviewing the 2015 20th Century-Fox ''Cinema Archives'' DVD release of '''''A Life in the Balance''''' for DVDTalk.com, '''Paul Mavis''' wrote, "Despite some evocative location shooting in Mexico, and a decent ''noir'' set-up, '''''A Life in the Balance''''' turns out to be a straight thriller, rather than a ''noir''...which would be perfectly fine, if it got the thriller aspects right. Which it doesn't."<ref>http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/68467/remember-the-day-a-life-in-the-balance-tonight-we-sing-fox-cinema-archives-triple-feature/</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:33, 5 September 2015
| A Life in the Balance | |
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| Directed by | Harry Horner Rafael Portillo |
| Written by | Georges Simenon (story) Robert Presnell Jr. Leo Townsend |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Starring | Ricardo Montalban Anne Bancroft Lee Marvin |
| Edited by | George Crone George A. Gittens |
| Music by | Raúl Lavista |
Production companies | Tele-Voz S.A. Panoramic Productions |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date | 1 July 1955 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
| Countries | Mexico United States |
| Language | English |
A Life in the Balance is a 1955 American-Mexican thriller film directed by Harry Horner and Rafael Portillo and starring Ricardo Montalban, Anne Bancroft and Lee Marvin.[1] It was shot in Mexico, and distributed in the United States by Twentieth Century Fox.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo.
Cast
- Ricardo Montalban as Antonio Gómez
- Anne Bancroft as María Ibinia
- Lee Marvin as The Killer
- José Pérez as Paco Gómez
- Rodolfo Acosta as Lt. Fernando
- Carlos Múzquiz as Capt. Saldana
- Jorge Treviño as Sergeant
- José Torvay as Andrés Martínez
- Eva Calvo as Carla Arlota
- Fanny Schiller as Carmen Martínez
- Tamara Garina as Doña Lucrecia
- Pascual García Peña as Porter
- Tony Carbajal as Pedro
Reception
Reviewing the 2015 20th Century-Fox Cinema Archives DVD release of A Life in the Balance for DVDTalk.com, Paul Mavis wrote, "Despite some evocative location shooting in Mexico, and a decent noir set-up, A Life in the Balance turns out to be a straight thriller, rather than a noir...which would be perfectly fine, if it got the thriller aspects right. Which it doesn't."[2]
References
Bibliography
- Cox, James H. Muting White Noise: Native American and European American Novel Traditions. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.
External links
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