Der blonde Tiger (1949)
59KDer blonde Tiger: Directed by Byron Haskin. With Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy. 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.
“Jane and Alan Palmer accidently receive a satchel containing sixty thousand dollars that was intended as a blackmail payoff. Alan wants to turn the money over to the police, but money loving Jane wants to keep it. Meanwhile the blackmailer confronts Jane about his absconded payment. Greedy Jane murders her husband and then pretends to make a deal with the blackmailer. However, a ghost from Janes past returns to be her undoing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eConsidering that Byron (WAR OF THE WORLDS) Haskin was never a really good director of actors, this film is very well acted. The cast turns in first rate performances, so good in fact that the performers almost make the viewer not notice that this film has a very far fetched, convoluted plot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI have seen a lot of these u0026quot;film noirsu0026quot; and of all of them, TOO LATE FOR TEARS is probably one of the most cynical. Few other films I have seen have this thick air fatalism hanging over it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKristine Miller who plays Alanu0026#39;s sister Kathy, is one of the most beautiful women to grace the screen. This the first time I noticed her, and itu0026#39;s a shame her film career was rather short, and rarely had large roles as she had here. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne note: If you pay close attention, you will see former u0026quot;Dead Endu0026quot; Kid leader Billy Halop in small role as a boat attendant.”
