A Life at Stake

A Life at Stake

1955 · 78 min · EN · 5.3 (31 votes)
Dir. Paul Guilfoyle · Starring Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglass Dumbrille, Claudia Barrett, Jane Darwell, Gavin Gordon

“A Cheat At Heart From Her Painted Toes To Her Plunging Neckline!”

Drama

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.

VIBE

A smoky, morally ambiguous dive into desperation. This film noir offers a slow-burn descent into paranoia, where every shadow hides a potential threat and trust is a luxury no one can afford.

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