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She was nothing but trouble...from her painted nails to her plunging neckline... Angela Lansbury and Keith Andes star inA Life At Stake, a highly charged mystery thriller from director Paul Guilfoyle. Spoiled young Doris Hillman (Lansbury) invites struggling architect Edward Shaw (Andes) to come in as her husband's partner in a lucrative real estate deal. However, when Edward becomes romantically involved with Doris, he learns that something deadly is going on. There's a life at stake, and it could be his own. This independent production from the golden age of film noir was described by the Los Angeles Times as 'a study in fear.' It also shows Angela Lansbury, already a double Oscar nominee, as you've never seen her. She's a charming femme fatale. But is she as bad as she seems? SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary by Professor and Film Scholar, Jason A. Ney 'A Career at Stake: Angela Lansbury and the Last Days of the B Noir' by Professor and Film Scholar, Jason A. Ney 'HOLLYWOOD HITCH-HIKERS: INSIDE THE FILMAKERS' an original Ballyhoo Motion Picture Production Media Bonus Materials Commentary by Professor and Film Scholar, Jason A. Ney 'A Career at Stake: Angela Lansbury and the Last Days of the B Noir' by Professor and Film Scholar, Jason A. Ney 'HOLLYWOOD HITCH-HIKERS: INSIDE THE FILMAKERS' an original Ballyhoo Motion Picture Production Cast & Crew Director: Paul Guilfoyle Additional Details Label: FILM DETECTIVE Genre: Film Noir Language: English Run Time: 78 mins Region: 1 Release Date: 09/07/21 UPC: 760137577881
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A Life at Stake (1955)
78 min
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.