Jeopardy (1953)
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The answer is: A turgid melodrama. The question: What is Jeopardy? Barbara Stanwyck stars as a suburbanite on a Mexican vacation with her husband (Barry Sullivan) and son (Lee Aaker). The threesome runs afoul of escape convict Ralph Meeker. Stanwyck's dilemma: Attempting to rescue her husband from drowning, while staving off the carnal demands of Meeker, who holds Stanwyck and her son at gunpoint. Jeopardy is on and off in only 69 minutes, but 64 of those minutes seem far longer. Trivia note: When dramatized on Lux Radio Theater, Jeopardy costarred child actor Harry Shearer, later a comic regular on Saturday Night Live. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Sturges
Synopsis of Jeopardy
The answer is: A turgid melodrama. The question: What is Jeopardy? Barbara Stanwyck stars as a suburbanite on a Mexican vacation with her husband (Barry Sullivan) and son (Lee Aaker). The threesome runs afoul of escape convict Ralph Meeker. Stanwyck's dilemma: Attempting to rescue her husband from drowning, while staving off the carnal demands of Meeker, who holds Stanwyck and her son at gunpoint. Jeopardy is on and off in only 69 minutes, but 64 of those minutes seem far longer. Trivia note: When dramatized on Lux Radio Theater, Jeopardy costarred child actor Harry Shearer, later a comic regular on Saturday Night Live. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Jeopardy
- Barbara Stanwyck - Helen Stilwin
- Ralph Meeker - Lawson
- Rico Alaniz - Mexican Officer
- Bob Castro - Machine Gunner
- Paul Fierro - Mexican Lieutenant
- Alex Montoya - Walkie-Talkie Officer
- Ken Terrell - Barricade Officer
- Felipe Turich - Mexican Border Official
- Bud Wolfe - Lieutenant's Driver
- George Navarro
- Carlos Conde - Vendor
- Barry Sullivan - Doug Stilwin
- Lee Aaker - Bobby Stilwin
- Salvador Baguez - Second Officer
- George Derrick - Gas Station Attendant
- Sol (Saul) Gorss - Captain's Driver
- Charles Stevens - Mexican Father
- Juan Torena - Mexican Police Chief
- Natividad Vacio - Vendor
- Victor Milner
- Margarita Martin - Mexican Mother
- Louis Tomei
- Director(s):
- John Sturges
- Writer(s):
- Mel Dinelli
- Producer(s):
- Charles Schnee, Sol Baer Fielding
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