Born to Kill

A young Lawrence Tierney plays a mentally unhinged man who just doesn't like to feel cornered. So don't corner the guy! Don't cheat on the guy either. Or be his friend and make him think that you are sleeping with his girl. All bad plays.

At the beginning of the movie, he commits a double murder but doesn't get caught. It probably wasn't the first dastardly crime he'd ever committed. Claire Trevor discovers the bodies but doesn't call the police because she's about to leave town and doesn't want to be delayed. Then Tierney and Trevor meet on a train and fall in love? What?

Too bad Trevor is married so Tierney has to slum it with her sister. But the two keep up their illicit affair. Then the police show up. And not even his pal played by the always fun Elisha Cook Jr. can help matters. Things get creepier and creepier. Fun times.

Directed by Robert Wise
1947
TCM