Second Chance
For the First Time - 3D with Important Stars!
1953 | 82m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Rudolph Maté |
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| Writer: | Robert Presnell Sr., Oscar Millard, Sydney Boehm, D.M. Marshman Jr. |
| Staring: |
| A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 18, 1953 |
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| Director: | Rudolph Maté |
| Writer: | Robert Presnell Sr., Oscar Millard, Sydney Boehm, D.M. Marshman Jr. |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | mexico, hitman, boxer, gangster, prizefight, aerial array, heroic rescue, cable car, daring rescue, air rescue, gang moll, woman on the run |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Richard Vera | Pablo, Vasco's son (uncredited) |
| Maurice Jara | Fernando, groom (uncredited) |
| Judy Walsh | Maria, bride (uncredited) |
| Salvador Baguez | Officer Hernandez (uncredited) |
| Milburn Stone | Edward Dawson (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Woulfe | Costume Design |
| Rudolph Maté | Director |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Robert Presnell Sr. | Writer |
| William E. Snyder | Director of Photography |
| Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Albrecht Joseph | Editor |
| F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Oscar Millard | Writer |
| Sydney Boehm | Writer |
| D.M. Marshman Jr. | Adaptation |
| Robert Ford | Editor |
| Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edmund Grainger | Executive Producer |
| Sam Wiesenthal | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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A film of two halves, this one. Cinematographically speaking - it's got lots of gorgeous Mexican scenery, evocative and sultry dancing and a rather enjoyable firework display. The story and acting, however, leave quite a bit to be desired. Linda Darnell is holing up in Mexico, hiding from her mobste ... r boyfriend. When she agrees to testify before an US Senate hearing she must get back to the States, evading his henchman "Cappy Gordon" (Jack Palance) en route. Luckily, she alights of former boxer "Russ Lambert" (Robert Mitchum) who ends up helping her. It is an oddly static film, neither of the male leads have anything like enough charisma to hold the screen and Darnell isn't given much to work with either. There are a few decently menacing scenes on an aerial cable car, but otherwise this is an unremarkable gangster thriller with little jeopardy and a rather sudden ending!