The blonde tiger (1949)
| Movie | |
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| German title | The blonde tiger |
| Original title | Too Late for Tears |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Byron Haskin |
| script | Roy Huggins |
| production | Hunt Stromberg |
| music | R. Dale Butts |
| camera | William C. Mellor |
| cut | Harry Keller |
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The blonde tiger (original title: Too Late for Tears ) is an American feature film in the style of film noir from 1949. The screenplay was written by author Roy Huggins based on his own serialized novel, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post .
action
Los Angeles . Jane and Alan Palmer are a married couple. They drive on a lonely country road at night and are arguing when an oncoming car suddenly throws a bag into their car. There is $ 60,000 in the pocket . Jane spontaneously decides to keep the money, gets behind the wheel and sped away. A little later, the two are followed by a car, but they can shake off the pursuer. For Jane, the money means hope for a change in her life, but her husband is fearful. He fears that the bag that was thrown into her car was a money transfer from extortion.
A few days later, Danny Fuller appears at Jane's house and looks for the lost money in the apartment. Jane pretends to be stupid at first, but Fuller doesn't believe her and when he doesn't let up, she tells him that they handed the money over to the police. Some time later, Fuller returned to her and found out that no one would have given any money to the police. Jane explains to him that the money is not yet with the police, but that her husband is willing to give the money. The only way Fuller could get the money would be to work with her, and she would get half the money in return. To underpin the seriousness of her offer, she throws herself around Fuller's neck.
During an evening boat trip, she finally shoots her husband and declares him missing. But Alan's sister is suspicious and suddenly receives support from Don Blake in her suspicion. Blake is the brother of Jane Palmer's late first husband. Blake believes Jane is to blame for his brother's death. Since Jane has never met him, he can pretend to be Alan's old friend. He meets with her and begins to observe her. In doing so, he establishes the relationship with Danny Fuller. Together with Kathy he is now starting further investigations. Kathy had previously taken a locker ticket from her brother's apartment. This seems to be the key to Jane Palmer's secret. But Jane can get the ticket back and so can the money. She takes it to Fuller and learns that the money comes from Fuller's blackmail. She got in the way with her husband when handing over the money. Jane poisons Fuller and flees to Mexico . Blake continues to try to convince the police that Alan Palmer is dead and that Fuller was also murdered by Jane. But there is no evidence.
Don Blake follows Jane to Mexico and finds her in a hotel. He pretends to know where her dead husband is and asks half the money to keep the secret. But this is a bluff. He now reveals himself to her as the brother of her first husband. When she is about to be arrested, she falls backwards from the balcony and is dead.
criticism
The lexicon of international films saw a "comparatively tough" crime film, the New York Times a "mature, exciting adventure film" and praised the performance of the actors.
Remarks
The film is now a public domain .
Web links
- The blonde Tiger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The blonde tiger. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Critique of the New York Times