RKO Radio Pictures
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Second Chance
For the First Time - 3D with Important Stars!
A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.
- Original title
- Second Chance
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Apr 15, 2024 · via TMDB
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 mobster 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!
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Robert Mitchum
Russ Lambert
Linda Darnell
Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair
Jack Palance
Cappy Gordon
Roy Roberts
Charley Malloy
Fortunio Bonanova
Mandy, hotel owner
Sandro Giglio
Cable Car Conductor
Reginald Sheffield
Mr. Woburn, English tourist
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Vasco
Maurice Jara
Fernando, groom (uncredited)
Judy Walsh
Maria, bride (uncredited)
Salvador Baguez
Officer Hernandez (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Edward Dawson (uncredited)
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Michael Woulfe
Costume Design
Rudolph Maté
Director
Howard Hughes
Producer
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
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Sexy Beast
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Avengement
Con Air
Al Capone
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The Born Losers
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The Way of the Gun
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Desierto
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Code of Silence
Absolution
Jul 18, 1953
