A Life at Stake

A Life at Stake

5.3IMDb Score
Released:1955-03-01
Genre:Drama
Duration:78 min
Director:Paul Guilfoyle
Actors:Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglass Dumbrille, Claudia Barrett, Jane Darwell
Production:Hank McCune Productions

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.

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