Noir Alley - Too Late For Tears (1949) intro 20241020

I own this one and it's among my favourites.

I turned 3 years old in 1949 and have seen this movie. I'm happy to watch it again.... thanks 😊

I'm so glad he restored this film. I've seen it at least three times and consider it one of the greatest B noirs.

"Break the Wild Wind." Fantastic title! The poster looks like Lizabeth Scott is yawning. She plays serious well.

Love this movie. Lizabeth Scott is delightfully evil and tough.

Ah, Chandler again. Always admired his writing. A perfect noir author. I liked early Hammett a great deal also of course. Now I have to go find some of these books.

James Cain was excellent but I found his stories a bit too tough. They were always very tragic.

Yep, this is a good one!

TLFT is okay as a noir; don't understand, though, the high regard in which it is held. Liz Scott may be well cast - a mediocre-class, bargain basement sex kitten. But once was enough for me. 🤔

This film is among the five best of Byron Haskin's filmography, as a director.

I had the privilege of producing the special features for this film's DVD/Blu-ray release. After 25 years of collaboration with Mr. Muller, I can attest that he's as nice, knowledgeable and witty as you would hope from his TCM hosting.

The best thing about Noir Alley is Eddie Muller