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… More 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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 9 min.
Directed By: John Sturges
Genres: Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Mar 30, 1953 Wide

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Slick family vacation horror story.

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Lucas M

The story is original, but the characters of Stanwyck and Meeker, make the type of a fragile woman and the bad guy, a clichÃ (C). That showing the only love story is in a unfaithful love. Rotten.
AJ V

This movie is very surprising and suspenseful, I really liked it, and Stanwyck gives a good performance.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck
as Helen Stilwin
Barry Sullivan
as Doug Stilwin
Ralph Meeker
as Lawson

Lee Aaker
as Bobby Stilwin
Rico Alaniz
as Mexican Officer
Salvador Baguez
as Second Officer

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Jeopardy (1953)

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Lucas M

AJ V

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