Born to Kill

Name: Born to Kill
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1947-04-30
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.726

★ 6,7 /10 (93 Votes)

1947 EN 92 min

Overview

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

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Release date

30/04/1947

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Popularity

1.6

THE COLDEST KILLER A WOMAN EVER LOVED

Genres

Crime Drama Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

92 min

Claire Trevor

Helen Brent

Lawrence Tierney

Sam Wild

Walter Slezak

Matthew Arnett

Phillip Terry

Fred Grover

Audrey Long

Georgia Staples

Elisha Cook Jr.

Marty

Isabel Jewell

Laury Palmer

Esther Howard

Mrs. Kraft

Kathryn Card

Grace

Tony Barrett

Danny

Grandon Rhodes

Inspector Wilson

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Demetrius Alexis

Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)

Symona Boniface

Gambler at Roulette Table (uncredited)

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Ruth Brennan

Sally (uncredited)

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George Bruggeman

Club Patron (uncredited)

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James Carlisle

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ellen Corby

Maid (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Gambler (uncredited)

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Neal Dodd

Clergyman (uncredited)

Jean Fenwick

Margaret Macy (uncredited)

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George Ford

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Lee Frederick

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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Ben Frommer

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)

Martha Hyer

Maid (uncredited)

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Perc Launders

Detective Bryson (uncredited)

Sam Lufkin

Gambler (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Beatrice Maude

Cook (uncredited)

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Russell Meeker

Dealer (uncredited)

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Al Murphy

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Tommy Noonan

Bellboy (uncredited)

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Netta Packer

Mrs. Perth (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.

Conductor (uncredited)

Paul Russell

Club Patron (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Gambler (uncredited)

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Sammy Shack

Gambler (uncredited)

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Phil Warren

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Napoleon Whiting

Train Porter (uncredited)

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FILM NOIR OF THE WEEK Robert Wise's Born to Kill has never been one of my favorite noirs. It regularly tops "best of" lists, and many film noir enthusiasts whom I respect love it, so I was hoping a fresh viewing would reveal something new to me. Alas, for me it was still the same old flick. It's an enjoyable picture, but it's wildly melodramatic, there are subplots that never really go anywhere, and its over-the-top characters are mostly two-dimensional. The key to a great noir, like Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944), is the sense that it could happen to you, or to someone you know.…

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Turnip Man and Iceberg Woman. Lady of Deceit (AKA: Born to Kill) is directed by Robert Wise and adapted to screenplay by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay from the novel Deadlier than the Male written by James Gunn. It stars Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Elisha Cook Jr., Audrey Long, Isabel Jewell and Esther Howard. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Robert De Grasse. Trevor plays conniving divorcée Helen Brent, who risks her chances at the wealth and security she craves with the man she doesn't love by falling for hotheaded murderer Sam Wild (Tierney), who, w…

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