Second Chance (1953)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Director:

Rudolph Maté

Escritores:

Sydney Boehm (writer)
D.M. Marshman Jr. (story) (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 julio 1953 (USA)

Género:

Suspenso | Cine Negro | Drama

Frase comercial:

For the First Time--3D With Important Stars!

Plot:

Claire Sinclair is hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying against her gangster boyfriend. Her seclusion is made difficult by Cappy Gordon...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Beautiful Woman | 3 Dimensional

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Without the 3-D gimmick it's a run-of-the-mill adventure yarn...

Reparto

Robert Mitchum	...	Russ Lambert
Linda Darnell	...	Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair
Jack Palance	...	Cappy Gordon
Roy Roberts	...	Charley Malloy
Dan Seymour	...	Felipe
Fortunio Bonanova	...	Mandy, hotel owner
Sandro Giglio	...	Cable Car Conductor
Reginald Sheffield	...	Mr. Woburn, English tourist
Margaret Brewster	...	Mrs. Woburn, English tourist
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.	...	Vasco, murderous husband (as Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr.)
Richard Vera	...	Pablo, Vasco's son
Maurice Jara	...	Fernando, groom
Judy Walsh	...	Maria, bride
Salvador Baguez	...	Officer Hernandez
Milburn Stone	...	Edward Dawson

También conocida como:

Perseguida (Spain) [es]

Duración:

82 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

3 Channel Stereo (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #16452)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Compañía:

RKO Radio Pictures

Citas:

Clare: He'll manage to get another gun in San Cristobal.
Russ: Who's going to wheel him to the store to buy it?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Mondo Lugosi (1987)

Without the 3-D gimmick it's a run-of-the-mill adventure yarn...

It's hard to say why the producers of SECOND CHANCE filmed it in 3-D, since that gimmicky device wore out its welcome very quickly. At any rate, without any added frills, SECOND CHANCE is little more than a routine exercise in suspense with some colorful Mexican locales to hold interest when the plot, involving LINDA DARNELL, ROBERT MITCHUM and JACK PALANCE, enters some dull stretches. Given that the story borders on film noir territory, it might have been more sensible to photograph it in classic B&W rather than washed out color.

Darnell is the pretty damsel in distress being menaced by Palance and helped by Mitchum, an American boxer who proves himself up to the task of defending her from her jealous ex-boyfriend.

A chase with Palance on her trail, is soon interrupted by a cable car ride to a mountain top site and a pause to enjoy a Mexican festival celebrating a wedding, which seems to have nothing to do with the plot but adds some local color. George Chakiris can be seen as a bystander in the background of a Mexican dance sequence.

Mitchum looks bored most of the time, Darnell looks ravishingly lovely for all her close-ups and Palance chews whatever scenery is in sight as the villainous thug, all strictly one-dimensional roles.

The story finally gets into a higher gear with the cable car sequence at the finale. By that time, interest has wavered throughout and the payoff seems rather tame despite the struggle between Mitchum and Palance on the cable car which has a predictable ending.

Both Mitchum and Darnell deserved better material than this at this point in their careers. Nothing memorable here, strictly routine.