A Life at Stake

March. 01,1955      
Rating:
5.8
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An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.

Angela Lansbury as  Doris Hillman
Keith Andes as  Edward Shaw
Douglass Dumbrille as  Gus Hillman
Claudia Barrett as  Madge Neilan
Jane Darwell as  Landlady
Gavin Gordon as  Sam Pearson
Charles Maxwell as  Lt. Hoff
William Henry as  Myles Norman
Dan Sturkie as  Officer Biff
Fred Aldrich as  Suspicious Stranger (uncredited)

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Reviews

Fluentiama
1955/03/01

Perfect cast and a good story

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Console
1955/03/02

best movie i've ever seen.

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ThedevilChoose
1955/03/03

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Invaderbank
1955/03/04

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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