• 1947
  • Approved
  • 1h 32m
Born to Kill

Summary 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. View more details

  • 1947
  • Approved
  • 1h 32m

Born to Kill

Directed : Robert Wise

Written : Richard Macaulay Eve Greene James Gunn

Stars : Claire Trevor Walter Slezak Lawrence Tierney Phillip Terry

All cast & crew

7.2

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Drama Film-Noir

Release date : May 2, 1947

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Latin French

Filming locations : Washoe County Courthouse - 117 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada, USA

Production companies : RKO Radio Pictures

Summary 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. View more details

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Drama Film-Noir

Release date : May 2, 1947

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Latin French

Filming locations : Washoe County Courthouse - 117 South Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada, USA

Production companies : RKO Radio Pictures

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Audrey Long and Phillip Terry in Born to Kill (1947) Phillip Terry and Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947) Audrey Long, Phillip Terry, Lawrence Tierney, and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Walter Slezak and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Elisha Cook Jr. and Esther Howard in Born to Kill (1947) Esther Howard and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Lawrence Tierney and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Esther Howard and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Elisha Cook Jr., Lawrence Tierney, and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Walter Slezak, Lawrence Tierney, and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Isabel Jewell and Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947) Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947) Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947)
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