Too Late For Tears (1949)

AKA:
Der blonde Tiger >> German

About:
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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