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Plot. San Francisco socialite Helen Brent has established residence in Reno, Nevada in order to obtain a divorce decree and is lodging in a boarding house owned by the feisty Mrs. Kraft.
Synopsis. Upon receiving a divorce in Reno, Helen Trent (Claire Trevor) plans to return to San Francisco and goes back to the boarding house where she is renting a room from boozy landlady Mrs. Kraft (Esther Howard) but discovers two dead bodies in the kitchen.
Born to Kill: Directed by Robert Wise. With Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry. A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.
- (6.1K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Wise
- 1947-05-03
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
- Robert Wise, Sam Ruman
- Claire Trevor
Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.
- (3.5K)
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Robert Wise
Born To Kill (1947) is a savage psychopathic murder female seeker hero thriller noir, from the height of the classic film noir period, displaying virtually every noir vice and virtue in a brutal and thrilling tale of toxic male psychopathy and female resilience.
Film Synopsis. A fter getting her divorce in Reno, Helen Brent is in a hurry to leave town and take the train to San Francisco, where she intends to marry her rich fiancé Fred.
