Lawrence Tierney
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Lawrence James Tierney was an American film and television actor who is best known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and "tough guys" in a career that spanned over fifty years. His roles mirr
Tierney in the trailer for Dillinger (1945), his first starring role
Tierney attacking Elisha Cook Jr. in the film noir Born to Kill (1947)
Born to Kill (1947 film)
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Born to Kill 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
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…productions that have since gained cult followings among film noir enthusiasts: The Devil Thumbs a Ride directed by Felix E. Feist and the more notorious Born to Kill directed by Robert Wise. In Feist's film, Tierney plays a homicidal hitch-hiker, while under Wise's direction he portrays a suave but murderous conman…
Theatrical release poster by William Rose
News item in the Showmen's Trade Review, April 12, 1947