Too Late for Tears (1949)

Plot: Film Noir. A wife has to choose between her husband and $60,000** - and makes the wrong decision.
Stars: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea,
Best Quote: - Looking for Something?
-Just my lipstick
-Colt or Smith and Wesson? 

A well respected film-noir, and supposedly one of Scott's best movies, I just  couldn't get into Too late for Tears.

I kept getting distracted by Lizabeth Scott's looks. She was one of those actresses that either looks beautiful, or too severe (almost mannish)  depending  on the lighting/ camera angles.  The Director must have disliked her, because I kept noticing how weird her face looked. The chin was too big/heavy, the mouth was too wide, the eyes too vacant, and the rest of her way too thin. Which is odd, because I enjoyed Scott in Desert Fury, I Walk Alone, and Dead Reckoning.

Or maybe, her looks were so distracting - because the plot was so standard and it seemed draggy even at 100 minutes.  On the plus side, its well acted.  Rating **1/2

** =  $60,000 then = $3 million today.