A Life at Stake

A Life at Stake

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

1955•1h 18m•5.2/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.2/10(28)

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.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Hank McCune Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Doris Hillman

Keith Andes

Keith Andes

Edward Shaw

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Gus Hillman

Claudia Barrett

Claudia Barrett

Madge Neilan

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Landlady

Gavin Gordon

Gavin Gordon

Sam Pearson

Charles Maxwell

Lt. Hoff

William Henry

William Henry

Myles Norman

Kathleen Mulqueen

Mary

Dan Sturkie

Dan Sturkie

Officer Biff

Jeane Wood

Mabel, the maid

Robert Haver

Mechanic

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

Suspicious Stranger (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray

Businessman (uncredited)

Bing Russell

Bing Russell

Bartender (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Jeffrey Sayre

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Recommended

Another Man's Poison

Another Man's Poison

Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husband unexpectedly returns, Janet poisons him, but just as she's about to dispose of the body, one of her husband's criminal cohorts also shows up.

Another Man's Poison

1951

6.8

Un homme se penche sur son passé

Un homme se penche sur son passé

In 50s Canada, trapper Jacques Monge is a freedom-loving adventurer. But when he falls in love with Hannah, a farmer's daughter, he stirs up trouble within his family.

Un homme se penche sur son passé

1958

5.0

Two Arabian Knights

Two Arabian Knights

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.

Two Arabian Knights

1927

5.8

Help!

Help!

An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.

Help!

1965

6.8

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other characters: Rodolfo Favaretto and Frengo Stop

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

2012

5.2

Nine

Nine

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

Nine

2009

5.5

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

Monkey Business

1952

6.7

Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.

Rooster Cogburn

1975

6.4

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

A group of rambunctious toddlers travel a trip to Paris. As they journey from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, they learn new lessons about trust, loyalty and love.

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

2000

6.7

The Psychic

The Psychic

A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.

The Psychic

1977

7.0

Muppets from Space

Muppets from Space

When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action to rescue their friend.

Muppets from Space

1999

6.1

Infernal Affairs II

Infernal Affairs II

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

Infernal Affairs II

2003

7.3

Similar Movies

The Maginot Line

The Maginot Line

A very stressed young woman is dismayed to find herself behaving like her own mother, with whom she has an extremely combative relationship.

The Maginot Line

A Better Life

A Better Life

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.

A Better Life

2011

7.2

Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop

When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.

Whistle Stop

1946

4.3

The Big Bluff

The Big Bluff

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

The Big Bluff

1955

4.9

The Violent Years

The Violent Years

A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-American clients, and they run afoul of the law, apple pie, and God himself.

The Violent Years

1956

4.3

Wherever You Are

Wherever You Are

A doctor's life takes a mysterious turn when his ambulance plunges into a river.

Wherever You Are

2004

4.4

That's What I Am

That's What I Am

A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.

That's What I Am

2011

6.8

We, Brothers

We, Brothers

Two old fellow mobsters meet up at hideout to discuss their next job. They plunge into a conversation recollecting their past deeds together, which leads them into argument and rivalry, until one of them realizes something is quite wrong.

We, Brothers

2025

10.0

The Second Woman

The Second Woman

In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.

The Second Woman

1950

5.5

The Truth About Bebe Donge

The Truth About Bebe Donge

François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.

The Truth About Bebe Donge

1952

6.8

Moonlight Valley

Moonlight Valley

Joe's search for his girlfriend leads him through a series of unexpected encounters.

Moonlight Valley

2024

10.0

Violence

Violence

Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.

Violence

1947

5.2