A Life in the Balance

Year: 1955

Runtime: 74 mins

Language: English

Directors: Rafael Portillo, Harry Horner

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A killer with the cunning of a maniac. A little boy with the courage of a lion. A widower’s young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

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