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Jeopardy (1953)

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Summary: The Stilwins are on vacation to an isolated beach in Mexico. Walking on a deserted jetty, Doug Stilwin gets his leg trapped under one of the logs. All attempts to move the log are futile and Helen Stilwin takes the car to get help. However, an escaped criminal kidnaps her. Will she be able to return to her husband before he drowns? (imdb)
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Country: USA
Directed By: John Sturges
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na dharmabum
78
T7
na meester
68
T5
na FitFortDanga
70
T4
Fairly routine but satisfying thriller in which a woman must save her husband but gets sidelined by a desperate escaped convict. Stanwyck is good as always and Meeker is gleefully sinister. The film is diminished by the presence of an annoying child, but gets elevated by a couple of interesting ways in which it subverts production code. Unfortunately I can't discuss them without giving away key plot points. Tune out the little brat (actually most of the first half) and it's not a bad flick.
na CMQuinn
70
T6
na Hagar
60
T4
na anseiodviver
60
T4
na Zoltan
65
T5
na imdb
67
T6
na willofgaia
70
T3
na tonydal
65
T3
A marvelous turn by Ralph Meeker. The scenes with Stanwyck and him are clearly the highlight. Great lines: "Frankly, I'm not a family man" "Out of the nowhere into the here" "I like cheap perfume--it don't last as long, but it hits harder." Starts off like a sitcom, with lame voiceover and inconsequential music. Not real sure about the plausibility of the whole fallen piling/giant crowbar pulled by car thing--or Meeker's sudden transformation at the end. Still, a nicely subversive little film.
na allisoncm
78
T9
na Theodora
50
T2
na demonhatesme
54
T2
na LordofDance
15
T1
na Dally
60
T3
Average Tier 4.27 from 15 Rankings rss