Life at Stake (1954)

★★★★★ · I enjoyed this one · Kodachrome · 2012-12-30

Angela Lansbury has always played the manipulative seductress to perfection and this film is a fine example of her skill. This movie has a good supporting cast and an interesting storyline that has enough twists and turns to hold the viewers attention to the end.

★★★★★ · Avoid 1-3 star reviews with very little thought going on · tvsgael2 · 2010-04-01

Here's a real gem. Thanks for making it available. Not only to you get to see Angela Lansbury in one of her few dark roles (she's great), a role which might have caught John Frankenheimer's eye in the casting of Manchurian Candidate, you also get some great veterans. Newcomer at the time, Keith Andes, was in a lot of TV, including a memorable Star Trek role. He's up to the task in this film. Also notable is the ultra rare sports car featured, the Kaiser-Darin, which inspired the Corvette. Anyone giving this low ratings can't really appreciate the way movies were made then and isn't a fan of…

★★★★★ · Entertaining · Ynot_tony · 2010-08-25

A suspense thriller and romance genre movie. Maybe not "Rear Window" or "North By Northwest", but very palatable.

★★★★ · This job is killing me. · Spuzz · 2006-04-16

Interestingly thought out thriller here, with Angela Lansbury (one of my favorite 60ÃÂs actresses) playing a seductress who may or may not be setting up her business partner to die just so she can collect on some life insurance they have put up for a business deal (donÃÂt ask, IÃÂm not 100% sure of the loginstics of it). Keith Andes, an actor who IÃÂve never heard of before, plays her would-be-victim. She of course plays up her sex to him, and Andes canÃÂt resist. Oh, and did I say Lansbury was married? Soon (well, actually, quite quickly) Andes wises up and tries to foil the plan, but…

★★★★ · Would You Care to See the View? · primsue · 2013-05-01

I really liked this movie, I love Angela Lansbury anyway but the ending confused me. The way the sister looks at the $1,000 bill and says, "You have a lot of surprises in store for you", or something to that effect. Plus throughout the movie people said the younger sister was getting just like her older sister. She was so sweet I would hope she wasn't going to be a money hungry coniving woman like her sister. One silly thing, would you really have a gaping hole without a window in your living room overlooking a 300 foot drop in the ocean?

★★★★ · Great Plot twister · fonsi · 2005-08-21

Highly recommend watching this film. The plot twists and keeps you guessing till the end. Well worth downloading and having the popcorn ready.Wife loved it too.