Ep 153: Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947)

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Nov 10, 202500:35:30TV & Film

In Robert Wise's Born to Kill (1947), Claire Trevor veers between planning a future with Lawrence Tierney and curating his downfall. She gives one of her best performances in a picture that was initially dismissed as lur...

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