Product Details

• Actors: Dan Duryea, Lizabeth Scott, Dan DeFore
• Directors: Byron Haskin
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Timeless Multimedia
• VHS Release Date: December 1, 1991
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303038832
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,192 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "I say let's kill 'em with style!", March 13, 2004

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Dave (Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Late for Tears (DVD)

This film noir classic from 1949 has a very well-crafted plot. Lizabeth Scott & Arthur Kennedy play a married couple who have a bag filled with $60,000 thrown into their car by mistake! Lizabeth Scott wants to keep the money, but her husband wants to do the right thing & turn the money over to the cops. When the owner of the money (Dan Duryea) comes to collect she decides to get rid of her self-righteous hubby & split the money with Duryea! From then on, the tension builds as people become suspicious of Lizabeth Scott, who turns out to be much deadlier than Duryea figured. This little-known gem is highly recommended for film noir buffs. However, I want to warn you that although the movie is great, the transfer is not. There's some "jumpy" scenes, plenty of scratches visible, & the image quality is never totally clear. The sound quality isn't so hot either, & at times you can't even hear all they're saying! Considering the low cost of the dvd, these flaws are forgivable, but I'd love to see this great classic restored to its original glory.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Film Noir - Horrible Release, June 16, 2006

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Moviefanatic (Chicago, Il) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Too Late for Tears (DVD)

I am not going to write about the movie itself. It's a film noir classic. What I would like to comment on is this absolutely shameful DVD release by Image. They have used one of the worst public domain copies, without a hint of restoration and charge over $20 for this. It's a robbery! The only redeaming quality of this release are great but short documentaries by Eddie Muleer. The best print of Too Late for Tears (aka. Killer Bait) that I have seen so far is included in the terrific 5 Film Noir Killer Classics 6-DVD set (where one entire DVD is entirely devoted to great special features) and it costs less than this turkey.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I think i'll pass........, June 28, 2004

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Michael C. Glancy (Clinton,OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Late for Tears (DVD)

For the price, Image should have put out a better quality print than what was used in this disc. You can see this same print on a dvd called "Film Noir Triple Feature Vol. 1". This film has an alternate title of "KILLER BAIT" which is available as a better quality print in a 6 disc set called "5 Film Noir Killer Classics". I'm so glad that i was able to rent this disc through the mail FIRST. The movie is good as far as content goes. I think i'll pass on this transfer of it, though.