On holiday in Mexico , daddy Doug (Barry Sullivan) and mummy Helen Stilwin (Barbara Stanwyck) are heading off for a fishing vacation with their child Bobby (Lee Aker). Doug wants to go back to beach he visited years before. The family is towing a small trailer with camping gear so they can fish and camp on the isolated beach south of Escondido in Mexico. Along the way , they suffer several threats to their security , specially being by a timber that trapped the father on the beach . With the tide rising , the wife drives off to seek help , leaving her young son to tend his daddy . She runs into a suspicious man (Ralph Meeker) , but things go wrong . "I'll do anything...to save my husband!" A WOMAN IN "JEOPARDY" .She did it... and no woman in the world would blame her!.The Picture You've Been Hearing About on Radio and Television! A Shocker that makes others sound like baby talk! .She did it...there was no other choice! She did it...she'd do anything! She did it...and it was bad!.She did it...would you? .She did it ... because her fear was greater than her shame !
Nice thriller with slick filmmaking about an ordinary family enjoying holiday in which various incidents threaten their safety and whose father is trapped by a timber from a collapsing pier on a remote beach . This interesting movie contains marvellous performances from all concerned , suspense , thriller , exciting situations and some action . The film is intriguing and stirring , but the situation is contrived , resulting in a spurious tension . It's a Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie , so you know that family and the love of a good woman will weigh heavily along the story .
It contains a thrilling and moving musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin. As well as atmospheric and evocative cinematography in black and white by cameraman Victor Milner. Being shot on various locations in Pioneertown, Dana Point, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, California , with adequate art design and production design from Cedric Gibbons , MGM's ordinary designer. The motion picture was competently directed by John Sturges that gives this thriller certain edge . John began his directing career at Columbia Pictures, where from 1946-49 he he worked on "12-day wonders" ("B" pictures shot on a 12-day schedule). From there he moved on to MGM where he filmed more "B" pictures, albeit on a larger budget . He established an independent production company in 1959, releasing through United Artists. From 1960-67 he worked under contract for United Artists. His first major hit was the western Dog Day at Black Rock (1955) , which he shot in just three weeks, wrapping up virtually every scene in a single take . He specialized in robust action pictures, particularly westerns . He excelled at bringing to life tautly written stories about tough characters facing difficult circumstances . Throughout his career he regularly alternated hits with misses . He has also been criticized for his lack of stylistic trademarks , though his best films remain exciting to watch . Sturges was expert on all kinds of genres , but especially warlike, such as : ¨Great Escape¨, ¨Ice Station Zebra¨ and ¨Eagle has landed¨ and Western , such as ¨Last train of Gun Hill¨, ¨Magnificent Seven¨, ¨Backlash¨, ¨Law and Jake Webb¨, ¨Joe Kidd¨ and Chino¨, among others . This high-level film will appeal to Barbara Stanwick fans .
Nice thriller with slick filmmaking about an ordinary family enjoying holiday in which various incidents threaten their safety and whose father is trapped by a timber from a collapsing pier on a remote beach . This interesting movie contains marvellous performances from all concerned , suspense , thriller , exciting situations and some action . The film is intriguing and stirring , but the situation is contrived , resulting in a spurious tension . It's a Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie , so you know that family and the love of a good woman will weigh heavily along the story .
It contains a thrilling and moving musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin. As well as atmospheric and evocative cinematography in black and white by cameraman Victor Milner. Being shot on various locations in Pioneertown, Dana Point, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, California , with adequate art design and production design from Cedric Gibbons , MGM's ordinary designer. The motion picture was competently directed by John Sturges that gives this thriller certain edge . John began his directing career at Columbia Pictures, where from 1946-49 he he worked on "12-day wonders" ("B" pictures shot on a 12-day schedule). From there he moved on to MGM where he filmed more "B" pictures, albeit on a larger budget . He established an independent production company in 1959, releasing through United Artists. From 1960-67 he worked under contract for United Artists. His first major hit was the western Dog Day at Black Rock (1955) , which he shot in just three weeks, wrapping up virtually every scene in a single take . He specialized in robust action pictures, particularly westerns . He excelled at bringing to life tautly written stories about tough characters facing difficult circumstances . Throughout his career he regularly alternated hits with misses . He has also been criticized for his lack of stylistic trademarks , though his best films remain exciting to watch . Sturges was expert on all kinds of genres , but especially warlike, such as : ¨Great Escape¨, ¨Ice Station Zebra¨ and ¨Eagle has landed¨ and Western , such as ¨Last train of Gun Hill¨, ¨Magnificent Seven¨, ¨Backlash¨, ¨Law and Jake Webb¨, ¨Joe Kidd¨ and Chino¨, among others . This high-level film will appeal to Barbara Stanwick fans .