Born To Kill | |
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Directed by | Robert Wise |
Screenplay by | Eve Greene Richard Macaulay |
Based on | Deadlier Than the Male 1942 novel by James Gunn |
Produced by | Herman Schlom |
Starring | Lawrence Tierney Claire Trevor Walter Slezak Phillip Terry Audrey Long |
Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
Edited by | Les Millbrook |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Born to Kill (released in the U.K. as Lady of Deceit and in Australia as Deadlier Than the Male) is a 1947 RKO Pictures American film noir starring Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor and Walter Slezak with Esther Howard, Elisha Cook Jr., and Audrey Long in supporting roles. The film was director Robert Wise's first film noir production, preceding his later work on The Set-Up (1949) and The Captive City (1952).[1]