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Born to Kill (1946)
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Helen Brent knows Sam Wild is more than a social climber who married her wealthy foster sister. He's a remorseless killer. And yet she finds his brash confidence, square-shouldered good looks and constant aura of menace completely irresistible. Versatile director Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Sound of Music, West Side Story) shows his film-noir chops with this dark gem whose mix of heiress sisters, stone-hearted men, needy hangers-on and inexplicable but inevitable love plays like a soap opera that refuses to wash itself clean. Walter Slezak portrays the verse-quoting shamus. And Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney portray...
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For me BORN TO KILL (BTK) was both a delight and an absolute scream to watch. It truly was.
I'm a real big enthusiast of American Film Noir from the 40's and 50's. There's certainly plenty of junk out there, but this 'diamond-in-the-rough' from 1947 (shot in good, old black and white) made it worth my while to venture...
(complete Born to Kill review by CowboyJunkie)
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