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A Life in the Balance

Directed by Harry Horner, Rafael Portillo

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1955 74mThriller, Crime,

6.167%5.9

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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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Cast of A Life in the Balance

Ricardo MontalbanAntonio Gómez
Anne BancroftMaría Ibinia
Lee MarvinThe Killer
José PérezPaco Gómez
Rodolfo AcostaLt. Fernando
Carlos MúzquizCapt. Saldana
Jorge TreviñoSergeant
José TorvayAndrés Martínez
Eva CalvoCarla Arlota
Fanny SchillerCarmen Martínez
Tamara GarinaDoña Lucrecia
Pascual García PeñaPorter (as Pascual G. Pena)
Tony CarbajalPedro (as Antonio Carbajal)
Harry HornerDirector
Rafael PortilloDirector
Robert Presnell Jr.Screenplay
Leo TownsendScreenplay
Georges SimenonNovel
Leonard GoldsteinProducer
Gunther GerszoArt Direction
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A Life in the Balance Ratings & Reviews

Mister ArnMay 18, 2025

"A Life in the Balance" has good acting and is visually appealing. The idea that a loving father would plan to meet his ten-year-old boy at a bar at 10:00 PM and then not be concerned when the boy doesn't show up is too much to swallow. The father is so cavalier in his attitude that it becomes hard to see him as caring.

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