---
title: 'A Life in the Balance (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harry Horner'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 74
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-life-in-the-balance-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048301/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Life in the Balance (1955)

1955 · 74 min · Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

A Life in the Balance is a 1955 American-Mexican thriller film directed by Harry Horner and Rafael Portillo and starring Ricardo Montalbán, Anne Bancroft and Lee Marvin. It was shot in Mexico and distributed in the United States by Twentieth Century-Fox.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harry Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-horner)
- **Screenplay:** [Georges Simenon](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-simenon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Raúl Lavista](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-lavista)
- **Producer:** [Leonard Goldstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-goldstein)
- **Editor:** [George Crone](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-crone)

## Cast

- [Fanny Schiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/fanny-schiller)
- [Lee Marvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-marvin)
- [Rodolfo Acosta](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodolfo-acosta)
- [Anne Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bancroft)

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