A Life in the Balance

A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

Cast

Ricardo Montalban

as Antonio Gómez

Anne Bancroft

as María Ibinia

Lee Marvin

as The Killer

José Pérez

as Paco Gómez

Rodolfo Acosta

as Lt. Fernando

Carlos Múzquiz

as Capt. Saldana

Jorge Treviño

as Sergeant

José Torvay

as Andrés Martínez

Eva Calvo

as Carla Arlota

Fanny Schiller

as Carmen Martínez

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