Too Late for Tears (1949) DAN DURYEA
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- Stars: Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore
Director: Byron Haskin
Through a fluke circumstance a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even it if means murder!
Dan Duryea was always marvelous as the soft-spoken, menacing and calculating bad guy ! He was equally as adept at playing a totally-different character, eg. as the kindly sergeant in ''Battle Hymn'' (1957). Apparently, in real life he was thoroughly unlike the many villains he portrayed, being a devoted family-man. Most films with Duryea in the cast are well-worth viewing..
71 year old movie. Still very entertaining. Sultry, beautiful women of this era. Dan Duryea always watchable. Thanks for upload.
The shadow of the eternal DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) permeates every frame of this excellent little Film Noir.
I love this movie. It’s also known as Killer Bait. Lizabeth Scott is underrated and and this is one of her best.
Luv, luv, luv Duryea. He always plays those men on the edge. Lizabeth reminds me of those raspy-voiced actresses of that time like Bacall.
Yes, I've seen him in several films and like him a lot. He plays bad boys with a heart and is excellent.
I know,me too. I love Dan.He's a good actor.That's my boy.
Liz, in this one esp, was the quintessential dark "duchess", a.k.a., 'femme fatale', of film noir. Right up there with Jane Greer, Claire Trevor, Linda Darnel, et al. Dan the man Duryea, is on his own level. Just amazing. Check out him and Burt Lancaster in Criss Cross.
When Central Casting needed an actor for a role who was tough on women - Duryea got the call.
Lizabeth and Bacall were rivals!
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I loved this movie and I can not believe that I `ve never seen it. I will continue to explore Lizabeth Scott.
6 years I guess you've seen the strange love of Martha ivers by now
@@mickirving6779 Yes
me, too, i love her
This is one of the best film Noir movie I've seen. It has two of my favorite actors Dan Duryea and Lizabeth Scott in it. The film had a great supporting Cast. Excellent Story and Director and music score by Dale Butts. Thanks for the upload. Out
Lizabeth Scott is incomparable as an intriguing actress and a beauty. The actresses of this era were so seductively attractive that they would tempt a fellow. Glad that era has passed. My wife has nothing to worry about from the current passel of Hollywood trollops. But if I could go back and snatch Lizabeth Scott, well, who can say? Best not romanticize or fantasize. I am, after all approaching 70, with a heart condition already.
Dan Duryea was in real life, a devoted husband (that was his reputation anyway), and a terrific actor. Loved him in Little Foxes especially. I thought the movie ended a bit too abruptly, but it could be that I just wasn’t ready to see it end. Thank you for uploading. I’ve watched it many times.
Great movie, I enjoyed it, I got some laughs. Truly a blessed movie.
Bill, they were smoking up the screen with their seductiveness. Nothing after the 60's can compare.
She just keeps getting in deeper, and deeper and deeper...
Good movie! Thanks for the Sauce PizzaFlix!
A terrific film, not for the plot, the vicious woman or the man she brings into her web of evil, but because of the chemistry between Scott and Duryea. From the first "Where's my dough?" they are like dogs fighting although the pursue the same thing. The money. Duruea has the best lines: "Don't change Tiger. I don't think I'd like you if you had a heart." He is unable to deal with the devil and does not want to, but has to. That is the crux of this movie. The difference between Scott and Duryea. Even tho Danny stole the money, I don't see him as crooked. He saw the chance and did it. But underneath he is a good person. "Hey, I don't want the money THAT bad." On the phone: "Listen you can trust me, ten times more than I can trust YOU." But he has to deal with her to get his money.
The other two, Don de Fore and the woman who plays Elizabeth, are also great and make a terrific team. There are a few plot problems that I won't go into here as they might spoil the picture for you.
This is a great picture, A++++++. ENJOY!!!
Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.
I TELL YOU ONE THING, THEY SURE ARE QUICK WITH THE LIP SERVICE.
THAT'S KISSING YOUNGESTS.
This movie is a timeless classic, lots of twists and turns,...
And then those twists & turns having more twists & turns like a giant clock. Superb.
Michael CROWL
I recently discovered Lizabeth Scott and she's quickly becoming one of my favorites.A few days ago I saw Dead reckoning where she stared with Humphrey Bogart and yesterday I saw this one which I loved. Lizabeth was not only a beauty but a great actress and I can't wait to see another one of her films.
Watch 1957 film, "LOVING YOU". She starred opposite Elvis Presley. She lived to be 92 years of age in 2015.
I did see the movie and thought it was great. Enjoyed seeing Elvis acting.
Watch her 8 part interview. She was brilliant. Bigger than life.
"Pitfall", with Dick Powell, is also on you tube. Excellent movie.
Silentmoviequeen try to get a look at THE STRANGE LOVES OF MARTHA IVERS, she isn't the leading actress in this Barbara Stanwyck is, but it is still worth watching.
It's truly astonishing sometimes how talent behind the camera can add to a film's overall quality. From a story by prolific writer Roy Huggins comes this tightly composed slightly over-contrived tale of greed and murder [never-fail ingredients in film noir drama.] Huggins' script is intelligent enough to have this effort blessed with the epithet "sophisticated", IMHO.
Huggins had been a member of the communist party in the USA and had been called to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. Fortunately he was a man of considerable business/political acumen and suffered somewhat less than some of his colleagues in Hollywood. No film noir I have viewed in the past decade has had a better script to work with.
Huggins successfully created the TV series Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive and The Rockford Files.
Even perennial villain Dan Duryea seems to appreciate the lack of criminalese in his role. So many roles are blighted by resort to hackneyed phraseology from lazy writers. It leaves little room for character development by a good actor and Duryea is capable of using a good script to his advantage.
There's not much to be said in favour of the other two main male roles. Don Defore is out of his depth and Arthur Kennedy has some problems handling a strong moral stance conflicting with a quiescent lesser half in a marriage. It's just not his kind of role.
Of the two leading female roles Kristine Miller is a stand-out. Poised, always in control and eye-popping gorgeous, she manages to fill a secondary role to overflowing. Whenever she's on the screen the other character[s] take on secondary status. Born in 1925 to a Danish father and American mother her family moved from one country to another and as a result she could speak five languages before becoming a teenager. Her bio on Wikipedia is surprisingly detailed and must have been written by someone seriously in thrall to her. I confess to an altered heart-beat when I first saw her on screen. She gave up her career on screen and television and devoted her talents to her family [a daughter born in 1954 to husband William Haskel Schuyler, a TV executive and consultant] and taking on a role as partner in her husband's successful career. She died in late 2015 [the family never released details] at 90 years and her ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
@Alverthorpe: Are you addressing me? If you are, kindly indicate so at the beginning of your post. If, in your opinion, I'm doing it wrong, be good enough to tell us why you think so. Four-worded assertions like your's are hardly worth the effort but it's a slow night.......so tell me why I should indulge you (if it's me you're addressing).
Really appreciate your commentary
You are mistaken about Don Defore who was quite intriguing.
Even though Duryea was typically cast as a bad guy, he had something very lovable about him. I think he would have been a great friend to have in real life.
If you live long enough, you may come to understand the space between life & fiction ... There's much MORE to it - but this should give folk like you something ___________ to think about.😇
Apparently he was the opposite in real life, a staunch friend and an all round good guy.
Thanks for posting this. Unusually complex plot and some fine acting especially from Dan Durea.
Good film, excellent example of film noir.
Finally someone meaner than Dan Duryea!!! Lizabeth was wonderful. What a great flick.
Dan D. a very understated actor. Off screen well respected man. Came from very prosperous political family. Liz they reported was extremely quirky and difficult to get along with on & off screen . Robert Kennedy always gave fantastic performances...an actors actor as they say in entertainment.
PIZZAFLIX you have served a wonderful slice of film yet AGAIN . THANKS !
ARTHUR Kennedy, not Robert (who was bumped off in L.A. in '68)
Can't remember when i first saw Dan Duryea in film, but i have been a fan ever since. Love his bad boy style, especially in SCARLET STREET, THE ROBBER, with a very young jane mansfield, twlight zone episode, many more. This man worked up until his death. His film and tv roles run deep. R.I.P. MR DURYEA. you are missed
In an interview with his son Richard, he says Pop didn't let us boys watch his films as kids as he didn't want to give us ideas..... Richard seems really nice and I SO LIKE DAN DURYEA
Wonderful movie! She was cold as ice!
Yes she was, dangerous, dangerous
These older movies are the BEST movies!
A top notch film noir, as good as it gets.
Thanks to PizzaFlix for uploading this, which is the best print I've seen of a movie that's fallen into the abyss of public domain. How sad that all of the films that Hunt Stromberg produced independently in the '40s, after he left M-G-M, have all suffered the same fate. I guess his estate never renewed any of the copyrights, which is a pity, because all of his movies of that era are top-quality productions.
Why? Being in public domain means everyone can enjoy them here. Are you from that production company, lamenting the opportunity of lost profits??
Only benefit I can think is big corporation trying to remake or restore better print from original film
She lived a good long life. I liked her acting.
James A ....yeah she died in 2015 (CHF) ..lived for years in a Hollywood hills home that sold for a bit over 2 million after her death ... wished I could have run in to her ...
James A j
Homosexual people live less complicated lives - and usually acquire big estates.
Ginger Li
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James A your comment prompted me to google her and wow, she did love a long AND eventful life. Full of ups and downs, but she never gave up. Amazing lady
Lizabeth Scott handled the role of a manipulative and conniving vixen very well‼️ 😎🇺🇸
Lizbeth Scott reminds me of Rosemary Clooney. Great classic, thanks
The Film Noir Foundation did a beautiful restoration on this filml on a 35MM print. It was great, especially seeing it on a full size screen. Lizabeth Scott is at her best. Saw it last year at NoirCity DC in 2014.
+MarkinDC And I hear that it will be out as a BD in 2016
+MarkinDC If only they would put this restored version on a DVD. I love this film and I love Lizabeth Scott!!
"... the only thing worth having is PEACE OF MIND, and money can't buy that!" 💞
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This movie was fantastic. One I’ll watch over and over.
Superb film with many twists and turns. Thanks for sharing.
a dream. outstanding performance from Dan Duryea
First-rate noir (except for the happy ending). Liz Scott is terrific. She's the vamp in vampire.
I read Dan Duryea was a Boy Scout leader. Alright boys, this is how ya smack a Dame if she plays loose with your dough!
I love the way , they talk, that dame, and the word, pitch, a gig
I lovefilm noir movies. Thanks for sharing. I saw another movie while waiting in a doctors office and fell in love with the genre. Since I don't have cable it's great to find somewhere online when I can find them. By the way Lizabeth Scott went on to live a nice long life. She passed away away about a year ago. I believe she was in her mid 90s.
*** The first film noir movie I was watching in the doctors off ice was "DOA".
The movie was pretty short, or your wait was very long! LOL
@@corazoncubano5372 D.O.A. is a classic and one of my favorite noirs. Edmond O'Brien in top form.
WOW !
@@waynej2608 My favorite as well. I have watched it many times. I never tire of it
this is a great film noir with a very tight script that gets so much mileage out of so little due to smart direction and taut performances. Lizabeth Scott plays a female psychopath whose smile is so fake. Her face is lighted to look like a death mask, brilliant. Dan Duryea I adore. Don DeFore is perfect as the good guy. Barry Kelley as Lt. Breach the Homicide guy is creepy great. it's very L.A. and it's all about the money from the git-go. splashy finish.
The Money
I don't know how many times I've seen this but it is great each time. I have to add, Dan Duryea sure had an amazing career. Thanks for posting.
The exclusively wonderful and nice picture in that era. What a beautiful silky voice of Lizabeth Scott! And What an excellent catharsis－the ending of this story.Thank you very much.
Dearly love film noir; Dan Duryea is the man. He is also excellently menacing in Criss Cross with Burt Lancaster and Yvonne DeCarlo.
Excellent film noir! Well acted and directed! Thanks for posting 👏👏👏👍😊
Love Duryea. you know when he's in it its deep. with a small sense of humor.
People is blind, why do they say that this woman 53:30 is ugly? Lizabeth was considered one of the most beautiful women in film noir. She was a good actress too and had a beautiful voice, I personally liked her songs. It's sad that she left this world not so long ago.
Lizabeth Scott was a true B E A U T Y !
Duryea without question is the best rat in movie history ( I say that with the ultimate respect) always makes any film better with his presence. Yes there are so many for that label but Dan for me is the best.
The great, misunderstood, Dan Duryea.
Villain and sneaky creep in the films, father, backyard gardener, PTA member, boy scout leader in real life.
How was he misunderstood?
Almost always cast as a creep or villain, Dan Duryea was an avid gardner and active member of his PTA group. An all-round solid citizen dressed in wolf's clothings - on television and in film
@@johanneslundie This clearly demonstrstes how talented Duryea was as an actor. He was truly essential and I know, for me, his presence in a film, made the experience that much better. He's my favorite 'heavy', esp in film noir. His turn in this noir and Scarlet Street, continues to blow my mind.
'Misunderstood'?! Do you actually believe that actors are cast to portray their real-life, off-screen selves? That those cast as 'villains' or 'heavies' must perforce ~be~ that type of individual when they're not reading lines at their ~job~? They actually had to pay Dan D. good money to be a babe-slapping narcissist on screen.
Similarly, John Agar (for example), who typically portrayed 'good-guys'/protagonists in film, really ~was~ a POS in *real life* ; these guys were ~actors~, not people hired to "play themselves" in movies.
The whole reason it's called "acting" is that you're portraying someone who's NOT you.
Love this movie! Thanks for uploading it!
I love this movie and revisit it at least every year for the past 5.
Thanks for the extra cheese Pizza!
Guy Savage on Film Noir of the Week (Links to an external site.) writes: "Too Late for Tears has all the elements of my favorite type of film noir: a vicious woman--so crafty and so evil she fools, manipulates and destroys the men in her life, a once-in a lifetime opportunity to get rich (so what if it involves a few corpses), the double cross when you least expect it, and a fast trip all the way down that slippery moral slope to film noir purgatory. Directed by Byron Haskin (I Walk Alone and The Naked Jungle) and based on a novel by Roy Huggins, Too Late for Tears showcases former fashion model, gravel-voiced Lizabeth Scott in one of the two major roles she played in Hollywood. Although Scott was slated for stardom, her career fizzled, and she was never given the roles that could have catapulted her to the top. In 1955, she sued Confidential magazine for libel, but the case was thrown out on a technicality. In 1957, amidst rumors that she was blacklisted, Lizabeth Scott retired from the screen, bringing her all-too-short film noir career to an end. To see her play the main role of pathological housewife Jane Palmer in this 1949 film is nothing less than pure pleasure."
Ya say what you will abiut Lizabeth Scott she was the undisputed "QUEEN OF THE FILM NOIRS"!
I'm with you. The more evil and duplicitous the blonde.... the more I like her.
Odd how the police just turn up in the middle of nowhere at 1.30.00
SHE LOOKED SO HARD IN THIS PICTURE.
WHEN SHE PLAYED IN THE LIVES OF MARTHS IVERS, SHE HAD A SOFT INNOCENT LOOK.
1:19:35 I love this scene. "Go away. Creep back out." Danny keeps his gun on her until he checks for that .45 lol. His face when Jane reveals why she's really there..."Don't ever change Tiger. I don't think I'd like you with a heart." That's Danny's last chance to save himself. I guess finally seeing the money after all Jane's games made him forget about the other thing. He spilled that last secret and sealed his fate. Great stuff.
That was really well done! Lizabeth Scott was so ruthless in this, but you could see why Dan Duryea was drawn into her besides the money. I loved Don DeFlores in this!
Some critic called this a "B" movie, which I don't see how. Produced by Hunt Stromberg of MGM fame and Bryon Haskin directed it and then the cast! "A" film I'd say!
it's B because budget and distribution. it was shown as the 2nd feature. doesn't mean it ain't a great flick.
Jill Scott is soooooooo good and evil. Is money worth more than love and at what length do you go to get it??? Kill everyone?
@@morganmoore51 Lizbeth Scott is her screen name. Is Jill her legal name ?
@@birdznbeezz Real name was Emma Matzo: 'Lizabeth Scott' was an improvement (" they dropped the 'E' to conserve newsprint " [ E.S. in a 1974-ish interview] ).
Love these old film noires....thanks.
many thanks for posting this, I started watching last nite on Sunday Night Noir on Movies TV Network and fell asleep , such a great noir
thank you what a great movie, good story, actors and everything.
The LOVE of money is the ROOT of all EVILS!
Ain't THAT THE TRUTH!!!!!!
👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 TRUE 👏🏼
And jealousy, too. “But the evil plot does not encompass except its own people.”
Her husband's sister is the most beautiful actress I've ever seen - almost. Way up there.
A + Classic Movie! Thank you for posting!
Great movie lots of twists and turns enjoyed it thanks for
The clothing were beautiful in 1949, The wardrobe.
@Philip Gomez Time ,things ,people have change which is a part of LIFE and growing & old 😊January 4,2021
Really good movie. Dan Duryea always plays a good jerk.
LINDA BROWN in the history of motion pictures, has there ever been a better rat then Daryea? So many actors to list here but daryea IS at the top of the list.
@@randyacuna3248 - agreed. He was always the ultimate unlikable bad guy.
@@randyacuna3248 - I 'too' am a Dan fan, but ya gotta put Steve Cochran up near the top of that list. If you're familiar with him, I'm sure you'll agree.
@@kpflo123 your right, Steve has been in many movies as a rat, you could say he is a notch below duryea. Good call my Friend.
@@kpflo123 What about Edward G. Robinson? He played a really low down dirty rat extremely well, too.
Scott could really play an evil woman thru and thru. I've never considered her pretty. Pretty is the woman who played her sister-in-law. Dan Duryea was a good actor. and always liked Don DeFore.
I think she is pretty. Most would.
Love those 40's fashions! How did put on those blouses with the buttons down the back!!!
Scott was not drop-dead gorgeous in the classical sense- she was the bad girl type you would never consider bringing home to meet mom- and that sultry, smoky voice of hers!!!
@@patrickmurphy3484 I guess in the end she was the victim of the "casting couch"
"Keeping up with the Joneses" is still a saying ....
Gowns by Adele
Perfection
So wish I was apart of that era
*Sigh*
Excellent!
Me too love it.!!!
Want to go to hotel reforma.!!!
Lol 😂
This was Lizabeth Scott's finest role. And, DeVore walks away with $4K in his pocket!
I would not wish her to be anybody's wife. If anyone wanted to figure out what is a femme fatale, look no further.
Funny, and facts
Mother said there'd be times like these..! Lol
Thanks for the Upload! I haven't seen this Movie since I was a little Girl!
I've seen this dude Dan Druyea on a lot of old westerns. And the other guy played on the TV show Hazel. You mean to tell me that guy couldn't have knocked that gun out of her hand when she went in his pockets?? And you mean to tell me only one man was involved with all that money instead of the mob? And the guy that busted her why wasn't he on there from the beginning of the show? And I was SO GLAD when she fell through that window. I had had ENOUGH of her!!
I just watched this entire movie. (mainly for Lizabeth Scott) Even though it was made in 1949 she keeps you engaged through out.
Jenna Ice Why wouldn't it?
um the cameras were very basic and black and white. not like they had great editing skills back then either... everything is long and drawn out.
Oh my goodness, black and white! How utterly terrifying!
Who said it was terrifying? smh learn to read.
Jenna Ice What does "basic" mean, and when did "back then" end? Characterizing black and white film as inherently deficient, rather than as an aesthetic context with its own challenges and accomplishments, its own potential for beauty, might signal a deficiency in the viewer, not the film itself. Is a marble statue deficient because it isn't painted? Editing, despite its own challenges and accomplishments and potential for beauty, is neither necessary nor enjoyable in every instance where it can be (or could have been) used. The placement of the camera in framing a shot, the movement or stillness of the camera within a scene, the lighting of a scene (in black and white or in color), and the unbrokenness of a long "take": all these things can distribute a viewer's attention, can sustain or complicate a viewer's perspective, in a way that editing doesn't - and doesn't need to - because editing has a different logic, a different structure, and shapes its "materials" differently. I hope this is long and drawn-out enough for you {;-]
Move is great !Thank you !Have a great day-to-day!
👍 Awesome Lizabeth & Dan
Great smile and voice!!!
Thank-you so very much for posting this great movie*.
I like this movie and could watch it many times. The only thing I don't care for is Lizabeth's Scott's hair do. The shorter length and funny style ruins her beautiful dreamy looks.
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Love it. I want to see more movies about wicked, scheming, duplicitous blondes.
If you ever find JOY HOUSE (1964) with Alain Delon, Lola Albright, and Jane Fonda, you're in for a feast.
It's a hard film to find, though. MGM Studios. Directed by René Clément. Set on the French Riviera.
Thanks for this movie! Good one!
Thank you, Pizzafix ! Love these oldies. 🥰
Oh how I miss Women who used to have wonderfully coiffured hair and wore stylish outfits.
Another brilliant movie, absolutely no clue to the ending until the final scene. Outstanding performances by all involved actors director
Roy Huggins was the screenwriter from his serialized story. HA! He later was the producer of The Fugitive, Maverick and Rockford Files TV series.
Saw the restored version at Noir City 2014 in San Francisco. Wow!
I've enjoyed it very much, thank you!
Wonderful movie! thank you!!
Patty McCormick's "Bad Seed" as a grown woman!!!
never had the pleasure to see but will later on this evening.
Noir-crazy as most. .. The MAGIC of these films over most of today's films: INTIMACY with the viewer!
Greed will always serve no real purpose.
Wow explosive, indeed full of suspense suspense, what can you ask!!!!
Only 10 minutes in but this is reminding me of _A Simple Plan_ (1998) with Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda.
UPDATE: Kept me guessing right up to 1:37:30. *That* I saw coming! Great job, PizzaFlix: crispy dough, saucy characters, spicy dialogue and just enough cheese!🍕🍕🍕🍕
At 51' 28'', the gun in the drawer has not been replaced in its former position, a unbelievable mistake from such a carefull woman !
Great movie. Thanks for posting it.
film noir rules !
funniest moment, Duryea being drunk tries to open the door but its chained. They must have died laughing filming that.
It's Mr. B. from "Hazel"
Ha, yeah, shows he had great range. I kept thinking he was an investigator from the home office of the insurance agency, just one of the many places where it kept giving hints to steer the reader into making wrong turns.
Oh no, it's Cindy b
HE PLAYED A GOOD PART HERE.
I DON'T THINK COMEDY WAS HIS THING.
Cruising Mulholland late at night
Para los que no sabemos ingles, pan y ajo. Gracias. Chauuuuuuu.-
Great old movie and acting
What an amazing film. Thank you!
This blonde guy beats up women in every movie I’ve seen him in.
It was the other way round in this one.
And does a very good job of it 🤗
Yeah ... Whadda ya mean "after dinner"?
Sister Kathy isn't in much of a rush to find her brother!
Good dialogue in this film...
Very interesting female villain character. It is quite rare in Noir. Good movie.
Brasil
Good old Noir movie , it has it faults but is good entertainment.....at 1:16:24 i noticed a very young Denver Pyle ( Uncle Jesse from Dukes of Hazzard)
This film is also known as "Killer Bait" I've seen a excellent version ( restored maybe? ) of this move with that opening title on You Tube but for some reason its listed under " Too Late For Tears" title.
troynov1965 Too Late for Tears 1949. Later re released, 1955, as Killer Bait.
OK Folks; Make sure your seat belts are fastened tight, this thing's a Mell of a Hess!! Plus, the flick presents a nice car show. You'll see some that, if such were still with us in the same condition, would be worth $$$$. Thanks again P.F.