Lizabeth Scott is Jane Palmer, femme fatale in this gritty thriller from the Golden Age of Hollywood noir. Finding $60,000 in hot money, Jane tries to convince her nervous husband (Arthur Kennedy) that they should keep it. When a thug, Danny (Dan Duryea), shows up to claim the cash, she strikes a deal to murder her uncooperative husband and split the dough with him. In a double cross she escapes to Mexico with the entire stash, unaware that she is being trailed by a stranger with an old debt to settle.<P>Swift dialogue, dark, shadowy sets and brilliant plot twists make <i>Too Late For Tears</i> a hard-boiled winner. Director Byron Haskin, whose career dates back to the silent era, was also responsible for such classics as <i>Arsenic And Old Lace</i>, <i>War Of The Worlds</i>, <i>Passage To Marseilles</i> and <i>They Drive By Night</i>. The phenomenal performances by Scott and Duryea fixed their places in the film noir canon.