Life on a Thread

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Life on a Thread
La vida en un hilo.jpg
Spanish theatrical release poster
Directed by Edgar Neville
Written byEdgar Neville
Produced byEdgar Neville
Starring Conchita Montes
Rafael Durán
Guillermo Marín
Cinematography Henri Barreyre (as Enrique Barreyre)
Edited by Mariano Pombo
Music by José Muñoz Molleda
Release date
  • 26 April 1945 (1945-04-26)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Life on a Thread (Spanish:La vida en un hilo) is a 1945 Spanish comedy film written, directed and produced by Edgar Neville. [1] Neville later modified the film for the stage, with an adaptation of the same name.

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It was remade twice, as a Mexican film La engañadora in 1955, directed by José Díaz Morales and as Spanish film titled Una mujer bajo la lluvia in 1992 directed by Gerardo Vera.

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  1. Mira p.225

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