
Double Indemnity(1944)
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.


“She Got What She Wanted... With Lies... With Kisses... With Murder!”
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.

Lizabeth Scott
Jane Palmer

Don DeFore
Don Blake

Dan Duryea
Danny Fuller

Arthur Kennedy
Alan Palmer

Kristine Miller
Kathy Palmer

Barry Kelley
Lt. Breach

Kevin O'Morrison
Policeman (uncredited)

June Storey
Fuller's Girl (uncredited)

James Nolan
Detective Parker (uncredited)

Forbes Murray
Dr. Adams (uncredited)
Too Late for Tears is a crime, thriller film released in 1949 exploring themes of femme fatale, film noir, bag of money, scheming wife, malicious, wife kills husband. Directed by Byron Haskin, it stars Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea. 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.
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