A Life at Stake – Movie Trivia
Memorable Movie Quotes
Sam Pearson: Oh, come now, Shaw. You’re not the first man who lost his shirt. I don’t mean literally, of course.
Trivia
The unusual convertible Doris Hillman (Dame Angela Lansbury) drove was a Kaiser Darrin. Only 435 production Darrins and six prototypes were built. Its entry doors slid on tracks into the front fender wells behind the front wheels, which was patented in 1946, had no side windows and a three-position Landau top. The car’s only criticism by enthusiasts was the front grill, which looked like it “wanted to give you a kiss.”
In the first scene, Edward Shaw (Keith Andes) roams about his room in the boarding house wearing only form-fitting pajama bottoms and stripped to the waist, giving audiences ample chance to view his impressive musculature from every conceivable angle. In a comic twist, an attorney enters the room, and one of his first lines of dialogue to Edward is “Come now, you’re not the first man to lose his shirt!”
When Edward Shaw (Keith Andes) gets into a taxi after leaving his office, in the background, the old Sunset Theatre is seen, which was located on Western Avenue just north of Sunset Boulevard; the double feature shown on the marquee is Da Vinci also Julius Caesar (with Charlton Heston), which dates the shot as May 1954. The theatre no longer exists. The intersection has been redeveloped.
Filmed in 1954, but not released until 1955.
Goofs
Beginning at nine minutes, Doris Hillman, at poolside with Edward Shaw, sits on a chaise lounge and places her towel over the back of the chair. For the next three minutes, her towel constantly shifts from side to side and gets crumpled in the process.
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Filming Locations
1508 N. Western Ave., near Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA, (Shaw’s office)