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Too Late For Tears is a great example of late 40s pure Noir cinema. Too
Late for Tears was directed by Byron Haskin and stars Lizabeth Scott,
Don DeFore, Dan Duryea and Arthur Kennedy. The screenplay was written by
Roy Huggins, developed from a serial he wrote for the Saturday Evening
Post
Synopsis:
Dennis Schwartz had the following to say about Too Late
For Tears: "Byron Haskin's low-budget film noir makes good use of its
Los Angeles locale and its lady bluebeard is fun to watch as she does
her nasty gun thing with her nice guy hubby and rotten poison thing with
her boyfriend (she took care of her first hubby off camera, so we're
not sure how he got it!)...Though a minor film noir, it relates to the
ambitions the middle-class had during the postwar period to better their
life materially and socially. Jane's drive for wealth was so extreme
that she will not stop at murder to rise above her impoverished
middle-class circumstances, and her warped character is used to show how
money can't buy one happiness. The husky-voiced winsome smiling
Lizabeth Scott turns in a finely tuned performance as the femme fatale;
while Dan Duryea is in his element as the alcoholic weak-kneed cad, who
shows he doesn't have as much stomach for his criminal mischief as does
his lady accomplice."
Starring:
Lizabeth Scott
Don DeFore
Dan Duryea
Arthur Kennedy
Director: Byron Haskin
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