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Título original: Walk a Tightrope

1963
Not Rated
1h 9min

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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaIn England, an American expat is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband but things are not what they seem to be at first glance.In England, an American expat is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband but things are not what they seem to be at first glance.In England, an American expat is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband but things are not what they seem to be at first glance.

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Curiosidades
Strand On the Green, the Sheppard's address in the film is the name of an actual street in London W4. It is located immediately to the east of Kew Bridge, along the north bank of the river Thames.

Pifias
The woman Dan Duryea has been following goes into a bar. He's seen from the inside spreading the horizontal bands of a venetian blind to see what's gong on but the blind would be on the inside of the window and he's supposed to be on the outside.

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Carl Lutcher: You know something? I hate people. They're the worst thing that ever happened to this world. They're liars and cheats. You can't trust any of them.
Maisie: Some of my best friends are people!
Carl Lutcher: Well, you'll learn, That's all I got to say.
Maisie: Oh, Lutch, don't be mad. You'll get another job. Things always turn out for the best.
Carl Lutcher: You know, when I was a kid, I caught a lot of birds one day. I laid a branch of a tree on the ground and covered it in that sticky stuff, that bird lime, you know? And all these birds got stuck on it. There must have been about a dozen of them. I wished I could get them off but I didn't know how. I couldn't get rid of them. So I ran around, waving the branch and shaking it and banging it against a wall. But I still couldn't get them off. I busted their legs and everything. I nearly went crazy. I couldn't just throw it away and leave them there. So you know what I did? I stuck them all in a big tank of water and drowned them.

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References El amante de la muerte (1962)

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Glum b movie wastes its star.

If the makers had known what they were about, they'd have had Dan Duryea sit in a chair and read the script to camera. Every time they shift to the stiff British players or the obvious studio settings, attention drops.

This one is no worse than the run quota filling first half thrillers that were being poured out of British studios at the time though it has the same glum view of human nature and unconvincing intonations. These were, despite the protestations of those who saw a living out of them, made by people who'd rather do something else, for theaters who'd rather show something else and played to audiences who considered coming in at interval to just see the big picture.

Apart from Duryea, WALK A TIGHTROPE has Pat Owens memorable for her lead in LAW & JAKE WADE and unforgettable in her number in HELL TO ETERNITY and is filmed by the cameraman of DRIFTERS. The makers' attempts to induce style, in material like the sustained shot of Owens with voices over, fail miserably. Details like the London cab are jammed in to catch a U.S. audience. The first time director does his best.