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Jeopardy is a 1953 suspense film noir directed by John Sturges. The black-and-white film stars Barbara Stanwyck and Barry Sullivan as a married couple and Ralph Meeker as an escaped killer. The film was based on a 22-minute radio play, "A Question of Time".
Award-winning cinematographer Victor Milner, in addition to photographing the film, also has a bit part in the movie.
A portion of the film was shot in Pioneertown and features footage of the "cantina" building that now houses the popular hipster music venue known as Pappy & Harriet's.
Doug and Helen Stilwin (Barry Sullivan and Barbara Stanwyck) along with their son Bobby (Lee Aaker) embark on a vacation into desolate Baja California in Mexico to a remote, deserted fishing spot along the coast that her father used to frequent with his old military buddies. At a roadside barricade heading into the Baja outback, they are inspected by police but are not told about an American killer who has escaped from prison and is at large in the area.
A man travels from the US to see his girlfriend in the UK finds himself in the middle of blackmail and murder. But not all is what it seems. What out for Lionel Blair at 0:21:37 cast Lloyd Bridges Moira Lister Wheatley Phillips Helene CordetLloyd Bridges as Frank Prior Moira Lister as Pauline French Alan Wheatley as Inspector Braddock Leslie Phillips as Detective Cameron Hélène Cordet as Helene Castle André van Gyseghem as George, stage doorman Tom Gill as Stage Manager Bruce Beeby as Kendal Brown Rachel Roberts as the Barmaid Lionel Blair as Dancer Robert Harbin as Harper LeStrade, magician Jean Marsh as the Landlady's daughter
A tribute to the life & career of actor Ralph Meeker. A talented actor of stage & screen,Meeker was also an accomplished musician (piano,cornet,drums,accordion & a graduate of Northwestern Univeristy as a music major) Beginning his career on stage,Meeker replaced Brando in the role of Stanley Kowalski in ''A Street Car Named Desire'' in 1947,with some crirics proclaiming his performance as more in keeping with Tennessee Williams vision of Stanley.He then won the New York Critics Circle Award for his performance in ''Picnic'' in 1953. Best known today for his defining role of Mike Hammer in the classic film ''Kiss Me Deadly'' (1955),his other memorable roles included that of the doomed soldier in Kubricks ''Paths of Glory'' (1957),the menacing stranger in 'Jeopardy'' (1953) and he ...
Born 1920 in Minneapolis Ralph Meeker was a supremely talented, highly rated, but grossly under-utilized performer of stage, screen and television. With well over 100 credits to his name, he was able to offer a wide variety of performances from tough private eye Mike Hammer in “Kiss Me Deadly” to the witty romantic lead in “The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown”. Mr. Meeker passed from a heart attack in 1988. This tribute contains only a small sampling of his shining performances. Please enjoy! Filmography: Teresa (1951), Shadow in the Sky (1952), Glory Alley (1952), Somebody Loves Me (1952), Naked Spur (1953), Jeopardy (1953), Code Two (1953) Desert Sands (1955), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Big House, U.S.A. (1955), Woman's Devotion (1956), Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957), Run of the Arrow (1957), Paths of Gl...
Nick Bonelli, quarterback for Mid-State, proves himself an All American in the championship, but his parents die in an auto accident coming to the game. Nick decides to transfer to Sheridan University to pursue his real interest of studying architecture. His decision not to join the football team causes considerable friction for him at his new alma mater, particularly with Howard Carter who sees him as a rival. Romantic interests complicate Nick's life and he must make decisions about his future. Tony Curtis ... Nick Bonelli Lori Nelson ... Sharon Wallace Richard Long ... Howard Carter Mamie Van Doren ... Susie Ward Gregg Palmer ... Hunter Cameron (as Palmer Lee) Paul Cavanagh ... Professor Carl Banning Barney Phillips ... Coach Clipper Colton Jimmy Hunt ... ...
This jeopardy's electricin its universal appalling appeal
this look is gonna gut you 'cause it
can't afford for you to have too much inside
It's your everyday beauty pageant
It's your time in the gaze of the spotlight
It's your day to sizzle in its eye
Are you wanting to pick it up or
are you trying your best to put it down?
This jeopardy awaits you like an
impatient naked lover
The warmth of it caresses you like
sunlight through a magnifying glass
It's your everyday beauty pageant
It's your time in the gaze of the spotlight
It's your day to sizzle in its eye
Are you wanting to pick it up or
are you trying your best to put it down?
You consider you so closely
it makes you want to gouge your eyes out
They consider you so thoroughly
it makes you want to gouge their eyes out too