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Born to Kill (1947)

Crime | 92 minutes
3,22 61 votes

Genre: Crime / Filmnoir

Duration: 92 minuten

Alternative title: Lady of Deceit

Country: United States

Directed by: Robert Wise

Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor and Walter Slezak

IMDb score: 7,2 (6.614)

Releasedate: 30 April 1947

Born to Kill plot

"THE COLDEST KILLER A WOMAN EVER LOVED"

When he notices that the woman he is in love with is dating another man, Sam Wilde decides to kill them both out of jealousy. Newly-divorced Helen Brent discovers the bodies, but doesn't want to get involved in the case. The next day she meets Wilde on the train to San Francisco, where the two quickly fall in love. Nevertheless, he wants to marry Brent's half-sister.

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scorsese

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A decent film about a recently divorced woman who finds two bodies and decides not to report them. A somewhat overblown film noir that, despite or perhaps because of it, is still entertaining. The characters are too subservient to the plot and therefore seem unbelievable. Lawrence Tierney, thanks to his charisma, is well-cast as the villain.

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Corran

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Few from this period could portray a psychopath as convincingly as Lawrence Tierney, presumably because Tierney himself wasn't a particularly stable figure, and he could really let loose on set. You don't see that often in the 1940s: a killer who kills because someone misread him and nothing more. The only slightly odd thing about the film is that his character makes no attempt to hide his inner workings, yet the women keep throwing themselves at his feet, for which they naturally have to pay a corresponding price. I also quite liked Slezak as a rather atypical detective. Unfortunately, the story sags somewhat in the second half of the film, especially the aforementioned unbelievable behavior of the women.

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Movsin

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Women play a significant role in this respectable film noir, and, alongside the detective who argues that he is a man of integrity but open to any interesting offer, there is also room for possessiveness, jealousy, love, whether sincere or not, and, of course, a willingness to commit murder to get his way.

A solid script and good acting.

Lawrence Tierrney has plenty of "carrure," but he doesn't exactly strike me as the type women instantly fall in love with. Unless, of course, American women back then saw no harm in those angry looks.

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