A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

TOO LATE FOR TEARS is a sufficiently gripping film noir starring Lizabeth Scott as perhaps the ultimate femme fatale, a woman who comes into possession of a suitcase containing no less than $60,000 worth of dollars and decides to hold on to it by whatever means necessary. Most of the plot consists of Scott's character running rings around the dangerous men in her life; the cast includes a youthful Arthur Kennedy acting alongside Dan Duryea and Don DeFore. Eventually things take a murderous twist, and there's the kind of downbeat ending that the censors demanded. This is a film that favours depth of characterisation over plot, and it's icy and mean-spirited enough to make its own mark.

I agree w/many people here... "Too Late for Tears" (aka: Killer Bait) is one of my fave noir flicks. Though beautiful, Liz Scott's slightly off kilter features often gave her a slightly venal look which hurt her in the Hollywood starlet sweepstakes but match up perfectly with the role of Jane Palmer, without question her best ever. We watch with fascination and a growing tingle of terror as she transforms from a mousy, dissatisfied housewife into an overpowering, absolutely lethal femme fatale before our very eyes, grinding both husband Arthur Kennedy and mobster Dan Duryea to powder along the way. By the time she heads for the border we know she could gobble up the various men she meets on the trip like road snacks if they gave her half a chance. This rare gem was hard to find in the pre-digital age but is still a must see for any noir fan!

A true film noir and a very exciting watch. Super casting, thrilling story. Lizabeth Scott in one of her best performances. Well worth watching if you love a good crime drama.Jane Palmer (Lizabeth Scott) and her husband Danny Fuller (Dan Duryea) are an average couple that has gone out one evening. While driving along in their convertible, a suitcase is hurled into their backseat and next they find themselves being chased. Once the car chase is over and they are safe they realize they have $60,000 in their possession and must figure out what to do with it. Jane's true colors starts shining as she refuses to give the money to the police and tell them what happened - Jane is willing to murder if it means she can keep the money.8.5/10

I have recently read a long overdue restoration is under consideration for this wicked film noir. Lizabeth Scott plays a middle-class housewife who turns into a cold blooded killer when a bundle of money literally drops into her lap. This a very gritty story with Lizabeth Scott, who gives a mesmerizing performance as one of film noir's wickedest femme fatales ever. Even Dan Duryea's sleazy character is no match for this malevolent woman, obsessed with keeping the found fortune for herself. She bumps off husband Arthur Kennedy pretty quick, and eventually poisons the menacing Duryea. But she still has to deal with a suspicious sister-in-law Kristine Miller and a snoopy questioning Don Defore. Too Late for Tears is the quintessential film noir, full of treachery, backstabbing, murder and sleaze. Lizabeth Scott definitely deserves the title " Queen of Noir." If you enjoy a dark noir story, this film certainly fits the bill.