Product: Too Late for Tears (1949)
Rating: 4.0
Even Dan Duryea is scared of Lizabeth Scott!
Holy guacamole! Lizabeth Scott plays the most fatal of all the femme fatales in noir history. The story details the effects of a mis-delivered bag of money ($60,000) on a married couple (played by Lizabeth Scott and Arthur Kennedy) and the intended recipient, played by Dan Duryea. Lizabeth Scott is unhappy in her current situation with nice guy underachiever Kennedy. When the pennies from Heaven arrive she fully intends to live a little higher up the food chain on the ill-gotten gains, Spousy be damned! Dan shows up and she has to think fast. She does. She eventually out-toughs his bad-boy character, driving him to drink and his eventual demise. And she does it all without mussing her shiny blonde hair! She bad!Anyway, the movie is great, but either the transfer or the cinematography leave much to be desired. It was difficult to see what was going on in many scenes. But don't let that dissuade you from enjoying this rip snorting good movie. Lizabeth! She so baaad!