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This movie was independently produced and has lots of caged tension going for it. A solid Film-Noir with one of the more despicable femme fatales in the genre’s history. Fortunately, the succubus is played by Lizabeth Scott, one of the best purveyors of silky villainy the genre ever had. The screenplay is about a cash-hungry dame who does not let men or conscience stand in her way. One night on a lonely highway, a speeding car tosses a satchel of money, meant for somebody else, into Jane and Alan Palmer’s back seat. Alan wants to turn it over to the police, but Jane, with luxury within her reach, persuades him to hang onto it “for a while.” Soon, one Danny Fuller – a sleazy character who claims the money is his, traces the Palmers. To hang onto it, Jane needs all her womanly wiles. She persuades Fuller to split the money with her and then, determining that Alan might be too honest for everyone’s own good, she murders him. To cover her tracks, Jane reports her husband as missing. This brings in yet another fly in the ointment in the form of Don Blake (the brother of Jane’s first husband – who died under mysterious circumstances). The already knotted webs of intrigue becomes even more tangled before Jane’s ironic comeuppance. Too Late for Tears was scripted by Roy Huggins, who later went on to produce such TV detective series as The Rockford Files. The film was reissued in 1955 under the title “Killer Bait”.
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