A Life in the Balance
| A Life in the Balance | |
|---|---|
| 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.
See also
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