Jeopardy

(1953) dir John Sturges w/Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker [69 min; 35mm]

A woman (Stanwyck) on a family fishing trip gets caught in a frantic race against time when her husband is trapped under a piling on a remote Mexican beach with the tide coming in. Alone on a search for help, she runs across a man (Meeker) who turns out to be just as dangerous as the rising ocean.