The plot of this film has already been ably detailed in other reviews, so I shan't repeat what's already known. What I will say is within the first ten minutes of this movie I was fully absorbed. Lawrence Tierney was outstanding and played his character Sam as a completely anti social psychopath who was prone to sudden, unpredictable violence. He was truly convincing. Claire Trevor was not to be outdone as she gives a standout impression of an equally cold psychopath but her method of operation was more with guile and deceit. There's a scene where Sam and Helen, Claire's character, are embraced and kissing. Sam tells Helen how impressed he is that she witnessed his murder scene replete with blood and corpses and that she didn't scream. They immediately start kissing!!
Later in the film another scene that got me was Mrs Kraft, a rambunctious old woman who is determined to find the killer of her friend Laury, and just surviving an attempt on her life, is accosted by Helen. Helen through manipulation attempts to have the old woman abandon her detective's search for the murderer. Mrs Kraft relents and cries out "I have failed you Laury." Something in her delivery was sad and believable. Lastly the detective reciting the Ecclesiastical Biblical verse describing how a deceitful woman is more bitter than death; which goes in conjunction with Mrs Kraft telling Helen she's a cold, rotten woman.
This film depicts the depravity of the human heart quite well, and if you've not seen Born To Kill go see it! This immediately became a favorite of mine.
Later in the film another scene that got me was Mrs Kraft, a rambunctious old woman who is determined to find the killer of her friend Laury, and just surviving an attempt on her life, is accosted by Helen. Helen through manipulation attempts to have the old woman abandon her detective's search for the murderer. Mrs Kraft relents and cries out "I have failed you Laury." Something in her delivery was sad and believable. Lastly the detective reciting the Ecclesiastical Biblical verse describing how a deceitful woman is more bitter than death; which goes in conjunction with Mrs Kraft telling Helen she's a cold, rotten woman.
This film depicts the depravity of the human heart quite well, and if you've not seen Born To Kill go see it! This immediately became a favorite of mine.