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A Life in the Balance
- Original title
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A Life in the Balance
- Year
- 1955
- Running time
- 74 min.
- Country
 United States- Director
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- Screenwriter
Robert Presnell, Leo Townsend. Story: Georges Simenon - Music
Raúl Lavista - Cinematography
Manuel Gómez Urquiza (B&W) - Cast
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Ricardo Montalban, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, José Pérez, Rodolfo Acosta, Carlos Múzquiz, Jorge Treviño, José Torvay, Eva Calvo, Fanny Schiller, Tamara Garina, Pascual García Peña, Tony Carbajal
- Producer
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Co-production United States-Mexico;
Panoramic Productions, Tele-Voz S.A
- Genre
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Thriller. Mystery. Film noir | Crime
- Movie Groups
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Georges Simenon Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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. The boy is convinced (correctly, it turns out) that Marvin is the guilty party, and trails the man in hopes of bringing him to justice. No dummy he, Perez leaves a trail for the authorities to follow--a series of smashed-up police call boxes (a similar plot device was deployed for comic purposes by Harold Lloyd in Professor Beware). A Life in the Balance was filmed on location in Mexico City, with a great deal of screen time devoted to a colorful carnival.
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