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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>
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>

==See also==
*[[List of American films of 1955]]


==References==
==References==
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* Cox, James H. ''Muting White Noise: Native American and European American Novel Traditions''. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.
* Cox, James H. ''Muting White Noise: Native American and European American Novel Traditions''. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.


==See also==
==External links==
*[[List of American films of 1955]]

==External links
* {{IMDb title|0048301}}
* {{IMDb title|0048301}}



Revision as of 16:54, 6 September 2015

A Life in the Balance
Directed byHarry Horner
Rafael Portillo
Written byGeorges Simenon (story)
Robert Presnell Jr.
Leo Townsend
Produced byLeonard Goldstein
StarringRicardo Montalban
Anne Bancroft
Lee Marvin
Edited byGeorge Crone
George A. Gittens
Music byRaúl Lavista
Production
companies
Tele-Voz S.A.
Panoramic Productions
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release date
1 July 1955
Running time
74 minutes
CountriesMexico
United States
LanguageEnglish

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

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]

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Cox, James H. Muting White Noise: Native American and European American Novel Traditions. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.