Born to Kill

Born to Kill

Director: Robert Wise Cast: Paul Sawtell
Paul Sawtell
, Lawrence Tierney
Lawrence Tierney
, Audrey Long
Audrey Long
, Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor
Robert Wise
Born to Kill

Born to Kill

Director: Robert Wise Cast: Paul Sawtell
Paul Sawtell
, Lawrence Tierney
Lawrence Tierney
, Audrey Long
Audrey Long
, Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor
Robert Wise

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Overview

Somehow the titles of the films of hardcase actor Lawrence Tierney seemed to be extensions of the man's personality, as witness such films as The Devil Thumbs a Ride and Born to Kill. In the latter picture, Tierney starts the ball rolling by committing a double murder in a jealous pique. Claire Trevor discovers the bodies, but says nothing to the police; she's leaving town and doesn't want to be impeded. Trevor and Tierney meet and fall in love on the train to San Francisco. Unfortunately, Trevor is married, so Tierney shifts his affections to her sister, Audrey Long (later the wife of director Billy Wilder). He marries Long, though he keeps up his illicit affair with Trevor. When detectives investigating the murders come snooping, they are bought off by Tierney's pal Elisha Cook Jr.--who is then murdered by Tierney, who suspects that Cook is carrying on with Trevor (Cook seldom survived to the end of any of his films). When Tierney finally does face arrest, it's at the instigation of the jealous Trevor, who is shot full of holes for her trouble. Born to Kill was based on James Gunn's novel Deadlier Than the Male.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/11/2017
UPC: 0888574487607
Original Release: 1947
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:32:00
Sales rank: 29,475

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Lawrence Tierney Actor
Audrey Long Actor
Claire Trevor Actor
Walter Slezak Actor
Phillip Terry Fred
Elisha Cook Jr. Marty
Isabel Jewell Laury Palmer
Esther Howard Mrs. Kraft
Kathryn Card Grace
Tony Barrett Danny
Grandon Rhodes Inspector Wilson
Sam Lufkin Crap Dealer
Sayre Dearing Crap Dealer
Sammy Shack Crap Dealer
Ruth Brennan Sally
Tommy Noonan Bellboy
Al Murphy Cab Driver
Philip Warren Chauffeur
Ben Frommer Delivery Boy
Netta Packer Mrs Perth
Lee Frederick Desk Clerk
Stanley Stone Actor
Demetrius Alexis Maitre d'Hotel
Jason Robards Sr. Actor
Martha Hyer Maid
Beatrice Maude Cook
Ellen Corby 2nd Maid
Jean Fenwick Margaret Macy
Napoleon Whiting Porter
Perc Launders Detective Bryson

Technical Credits
Robert Wise Director
Sid Rogell Executive Producer
Herman Schlom Producer
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