Too Late for Tears

Too Late for Tears is a 1949 black-and-white film noir, starring Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea. Scott and Duryea appeared in many films noir during this era; however, they only appeared in one other film together; the western Silver Lode. This film, shot in film noir style, has been available in the public domain for years, but there are many different edits of the film available and it's very difficult to find a complete edit. The movie, also kn... more

Too Late for Tears is a 1949 black-and-white film noir, starring Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea. Scott and Duryea appeared in many films noir during this era; however, they only appeared in one other film together; the western Silver Lode. This film, shot in film noir style, has been available in the public domain for years, but there are many different edits of the film available and it's very difficult to find a complete edit. The movie, also known as Killer Bait (in a 1955 reissue), was seen on beach house television in the 2004 neo-noir movie Spartan. Byron Haskin directed the film. He later went on to be the associate producer of Star Trek:The Cage (1966). Alan Palmer (Kennedy) accidentally gets a hold of $60,000 in stolen cash. His plotting wife Jane (Scott), one of the great movie femme fatales, insists that they keep the money instead of going to the police. A drunken private detective (Duryea) becomes wise to the plan and tries to take the money from them. Jane works out a... less