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Director:
Writers:
Roy Huggins (screenplay)
Roy Huggins (serial)
Release Date:
13 August 1949 (USA) more
Tagline:
That's just to remind you... you're in a tough racket now!
Plot:
Through a fluke circumstance a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and she is determined to hold onto it even it if means murder. full summary | full synopsis
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Money is the root of all evil and then some... more (38 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Lizabeth Scott | ... | Jane Palmer |
| Don DeFore | ... | Don Blake |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Danny Fuller |
| Arthur Kennedy | ... | Alan Palmer |
| Kristine Miller | ... | Kathy Palmer |
| Barry Kelley | ... | Lt. Breach |
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Also Known As:
Killer Bait (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1952) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #13539) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Reissued in 1955 under the title "Killer Bait". more
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Danny Fuller:
You going to take me back to shore or do I swim?
Jane Palmer:
You move and I'll shoot you and say you killed my husband.
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Too Late for Tears (1949)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Anyone else feel sorry for Danny (Duryea's character)? | ClairviusNarcisse |
| Terrific film, few flaws | djensen1 |
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Although considered by many to be a minor classic of film noir, Too Late For Tears, is a veritable treasure trove of classic movie dialogue. ("Don't ever change, Tiger. I don't know if I'd like you if you had a heart." Or "What are you doing?" "Getting my lipsick."Colt or Smith & Wesson?") Border-line bad girl, Lizabeth Scott takes the leap to full-fledged femme fatale-hood when a valise full of money almost literally lands in her lap and what might've been pennies from heaven quickly turns into blood money. With her smoky voice and campy-vamp moves, Scott slinks from scene to scene leaving bodies all over the place and loving ever minute of it.
Running the gammut from scruples to sin, each character is just as convoluted as the plot, especially Dan Duryea as clever con-man become chump. But that's the joy of it. Lizbeth Scott and Dan Duryea might not be Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray but there's plenty enough juicy insurance scams to go around and plenty enough comeuppance to whet the appetite of even the hardest dame or gent.