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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.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Harry Horner, Rafael Portillo
- 1955-07-01
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 .
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Based on the novella A Matter of Life and Death by Georges Simenon in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Jan 1952).
May 30, 2022 · An eleven-year old boy, Paco (José Perez), finds his life in the balance when he tries to track the killer at carnival time, after his poor musician widower dad Antonio Gomez (Ricardo Montalban) is falsely accused of the murders.
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.
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. It was shot in Mexico, and distributed in the United States by Twentieth Century Fox.
