A Life in the Balance
1955 · 74 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 260 VOTES · DIR. Rafael Portillo, Harry Horner
Overview
A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.
Dialogue Timeline — 862 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:51 Six murders. An epidemic. Six in three weeks, within half a mile.
00:04:43 It's a germium.
00:07:37 Good night Paco.
00:09:49 - There are lots of things you love. - To be a musician is to be poor.
00:13:47 What do you think I'm made of, money?
00:17:08 I won't have any murdering here. This is a respectable building.
00:20:38 Come now Lucrecia. Today is a holiday and this lovely girl is sad.
00:23:01 A knife again, doctor?
00:25:05 Please Mister help. That man, he's a murderer.
00:30:05 I took a hammer and I smashed it. I did.
00:32:45 There's still plenty of time.
00:35:58 But I'm punishing people. God punishes people and I'm helping him.
00:39:35 Box 214. Get there and repair it.
00:42:17 I must insist. Why have I been brought up here?
00:44:05 - What pawn shop? Where is it? - In er...
00:47:29 I don't care.
00:49:33 I have never accepted stolen money.
00:51:27 Nobody is accusing you of anything.
00:53:25 8:30?
00:55:17 Maybe he couldn't. Didn't have time.
00:59:09 They were last seen around the Plaza Santa Maria.
01:01:23 Hello?
01:03:17 We'll be there in five minutes.
01:09:51 Watch out! He's using the boy as a shield.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed862
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:01:51
Final line01:09:51
Production Record
DirectorRafael Portillo, Harry Horner
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes260