Fresh
The movie failed to find much of an audience in its own time. It looks a little better every year.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Too Late for Tears
She Got What She Wanted... With Lies... With Kisses... With Murder!
1949 · 1h 39m · APPROVED
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Byron Haskin
Overview
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Director and cast
- Byron Haskin Director
- Lizabeth Scott as Jane Palmer
- Don DeFore as Don Blake
- Dan Duryea as Danny Fuller
- Arthur Kennedy as Alan Palmer
- Kristine Miller as Kathy Palmer
- Barry Kelley as Lt. Breach
- Kevin O'Morrison as Policeman (uncredited)
- June Storey as Fuller's Girl (uncredited)
- James Nolan as Detective Parker (uncredited)
- Forbes Murray as Dr. Adams (uncredited)
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