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Jeopardy

"She did it... because her fear was greater than her shame!"

1953-03-30 Crime 1hr 9m

A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.

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Storyline

A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.

  • Released
    1953-03-30
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 9m
  • Genre
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Español
  • imdb-logo
    0
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Crew

John Sturges
Director
Mel Dinelli
Screenplay
Sol Baer Fielding
Producer
Keywords:
race against time mexico escaped convict film noir young boy fugitive murderer family vacation family in peril desert rescue from drowning police pursuit secluded beach valiant wife

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Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck
Helen Stilwin
Barry Sullivan

Barry Sullivan
Doug Stilwin
Ralph Meeker

Ralph Meeker
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Lee Aaker

Lee Aaker
Bobby Stilwin
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Rico Alaniz
Officer at 1st Roadblock (uncredited)
Salvador Baguez

Salvador Baguez
Officer at 1st Roadblock (uncredited)
Bob Castro

Bob Castro
Police Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Carlos Conde

Carlos Conde
Tijuana Vendor (uncredited)
George L. Derrick

George L. Derrick
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Paul Fierro

Paul Fierro
Mexican Lieutenant
Sol Gorss

Sol Gorss
Captain's Driver Talking to Helen (uncredited)
Margarita Martín

Margarita Martín
Mexican Mother (uncredited)
Victor Milner

Victor Milner
Bit Part (uncredited)
Alex Montoya

Alex Montoya
Officer with Walkie-Talkie at 2nd Barricade (uncredited)
George Navarro

George Navarro
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Charles Stevens

Charles Stevens
Mexican Father
Ken Terrell

Ken Terrell
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Louis Tomei

Louis Tomei
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Juan Torena

Juan Torena
Mexican Police Chief
Felipe Turich

Felipe Turich
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Natividad Vacío

Natividad Vacío
Persistent Tijuana Vendor (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe

Bud Wolfe
Lieutenant's Driver (uncredited)

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Reviews for Jeopardy
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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2017-09-30

Peligro! Jeopardy is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay by Mel Dinelli from Maurice Zimm's radio play "A Question of Time... read more

Peligro! Jeopardy is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay by Mel Dinelli from Maurice Zimm's radio play "A Question of Time". It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker and Lee Aaker. Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Victor Milner. Running just shy of 70 minutes, Jeopardy is a classic lesson in how to garner great suspense from a small cast and set-up. Beginning with jaunty music and the scene setting of a family of three off for a vacation, it's all Americana bliss, but it's not long before fate deals the family some bad cards and we land firmly in thriller territory. The dialogue is safe and assured, with the stars turning in rich characterisations as written, particularly a wonderfully oily Meeker as the villain of the piece. Though very much plein air as a production, a claustrophobic and fraught air grips the play and drags the viewer in wholesale, a sense of cruel luck, danger and ironies hold things in a noir realm. While a turn of events in the narrative is deftly played, the sub-text shattering to the point we don't need to see it to feel it. Unfortunately some irritants stop it from hitting the top end of the scale. Daft ironies and highly improbable contrivances chip away at the pic's other strengths, one scene has the son (Aaker) trapped on a dilapidated pier, to which his dad calls out "stay right where you are", I mean really, what else was the lad going to do?! Some crude back projection work also dampens down some otherwise nice production touches (Calif locales just lovely), while the ending kinda dilutes a previous moral kicker. But irritants aside, this holds its head up high as a picture well worth investing time in. 7.5/10

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A Review by John Chard

Peligro! Jeopardy is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay by Mel Dinelli from Maurice Zimm's radio play "A Question of Time". It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker and Lee Aaker. Music is by Dimitri Tiomki...

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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2017-09-30

Peligro! Jeopardy is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay by Mel Dinelli from Maurice Zimm's radio play "A Question of Time". It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker a...

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