A Life at Stake

Mar 1, 1955

1h 18m

★ 5.2

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hank McCune Productions

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Cast

Doris Hillman

Angela Lansbury

Edward Shaw

Keith Andes

Gus Hillman

Douglass Dumbrille

Madge Neilan

Claudia Barrett

Landlady

Jane Darwell

Sam Pearson

Gavin Gordon

Lt. Hoff

Charles Maxwell

Myles Norman

William Henry

Mary

Kathleen Mulqueen

Officer Biff

Dan Sturkie

Mabel, the maid

Jeane Wood

Mechanic

Robert Haver

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