Born to Kill

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Robert Wise made a Noir? Of course he did, he made everything else...

Couldn't find a trailer for this one, seems to have been largely forgotten, but I've been needing to brush up on noir for a while now and Wise directing intrigued me.

Man, these characters are cold, heartless people. Tough guy Lawrence Tierney almost reminded me of a very intimidating version of Ryan Gosling. His character's handsomness is practically a magical power. Claire Trevor's a nasty piece of work too. It's all so deliciously nefarious.

I found some of the acting a little hammy but there's so great examples of 40's noir dialogue here. A good watch and a great reintroduction to noir after all these years.