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Jeopardy is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Sturges released in USA on 30 march 1953 with Barbara Stanwyck
Jeopardy (1953)
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Add to a movie listJeopardy is a 1953 suspense film noir directed by John Sturges. The black-and-white film stars Barbara Stanwyck and Barry Sullivan as a married couple and Ralph Meeker as an escaped killer. The film was based on a 22-minute radio play, "A Question of Time".
Award-winning cinematographer Victor Milner, in addition to photographing the film, also has a bit part in the movie.
A portion of the film was shot in Pioneertown and features footage of the "cantina" building that now houses the popular hipster music venue known as Pappy & Harriet's.
Synopsis
Doug and Helen Stilwin (Barry Sullivan and Barbara Stanwyck) along with their son Bobby (Lee Aaker) embark on a vacation into desolate Baja California in Mexico to a remote, deserted fishing spot along the coast that her father used to frequent with his old military buddies. At a roadside barricade heading into the Baja outback, they are inspected by police but are not told about an American killer who has escaped from prison and is at large in the area.Actors
Barbara Stanwyck
(Helen Stilwin)
Barry Sullivan
(Doug Stilwin)
Ralph Meeker
(Lawson the Fugitive)
Lee Aaker
(Bobby Stilwin)
Juan Torena
(Mexican Police Chief)
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