Shed No Tears (1948) [Film Noir] [Crime] [Drama]

If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: goo.gl/0qDmXe | Edna Grover (Vincent) convinces her older husband Sam (Ford) to fake his own death so they can collect on the life insurance. He hides in another city under an assumed name while she identifies a burned body found after a hotel fire as her husband. Edna collects the money but she has been having an affair for some time and double-crosses her husband. The whole situation rouses the suspicions of the Sam's son from a previous marriage who hires a private investigator to look into it. Unfortunately the PI is crooked and Edna pays him to stay silent. In the end, when Sam finds out about Edna's secret lover (Roberts), he is so distraught that he commits suicide.
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Directed by Jean Yarbrough, produced by Robert Frost, written by Brown Holmes and Virginia M. Cooke, story by Don Martin, starring Wallace Ford as Sam Grover, June Vincent as Edna Grover, Mark Roberts as Ray Belden, Frank Albertson as Lt. Hutton, Richard Hogan as Tom Grover, Elena Verdugo as Marilyn, Johnstone White as Huntington Stewart.
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Source: "Shed No Tears" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 5 September 2013. Web. 20 October 2013. en.wikipedia.or....
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Timeless Classic Movies I already have. I am enjoying this movie.

[@jenisbetzke6228]

the description is a total spoiler...thanks for ruining the movie!!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@jenisbetzke6228Not really. Sam didn't commit suicide.😮

[@jimlaguardia8185]

Now THAT’s Film Noir. Many movies are erroneously described as Film Noir, but this is the real deal. Very 40s. Excellent story and script. June Vincent makes an excellent Femme Fatale.

[@tomdooley4226]

And there's also confusion at the difference between a real femme fatale and a sleazy female scumbag! 😮

[@debbieoaldon8332]

I grew up with my great grands and grama.. we always watched these wonderful classics!! They are calming to me!! Best movies ever!!

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Yes I feel the same way and they always stay with me lm sure you know what I mean

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Cool. I don’t know the circumstances, but I know how I am with my grandkids. I live for them in the way your grandparents loved you . Being a grandpa is the most significant thing I’ve been involved with because I was too wrapped up in my job with my own kids. When you have TIME and a big heart for children it only increases your overall love for life. It’s too heartbreaking with my two sons that I had to work so much I didn’t get to totally enjoy my children as I do my grandchildren.

[@annemoore2383]

You got to love these classic movies. You don't see all the goodies and here all the horrible language . So glad my youngest and his wife have started watching them. Thanks for posting.

[@jcjensenllc]

Typical insurance company - very willing to take your money and very reluctant to pay a claim. Interesting plot. Not the typical murder for insurance.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

"Double Indemnity" starring Fred MacMurray & Edward G. Robinson.

[@philtube1ful]

I never grow tired of this film and the whole noir genre.

[@andreadesalvo3000]

Film noir classic Hollywood entertainment! Some times art echo true life or maybe the other way around!

[@amarillieackermann]

Neither do I

[@alphaomega8373]

The make a very immersive video game on that genre. L.A. Noire Very detailed right down to those old wool blazers you dads, fathers, oldest brother use to wear.

[@miapdx503]

Same! I love these films. What they churn out today is crap. They spend millions to make the most forgettable movies...while these films are unforgettable. 🌹

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

The woman is starting to remind me of Cruella DeVille. I'm hoping there are no puppies in this film.

[@DanDDirges]

UCLA should restore this. I know its just only a "B" movie but its better than most "A" movies. Really well written and acted. Intriguing plot twists!

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

UCLA doesn’t have the talent or the skill to restore anything. Times have changed and with DEI nobody is educated or talented to do more than protest. We live in a dying country.

[@mikefee4276]

That was as dark a film noir as I've seen in a while. A good one right to the bitter end.

[@merewynyard5813]

I'm retired, didn't know what Film Noir meant until 4 months ago...now I'm enjoying all these black and white movies..Thank You for this Movie..

[@grantquinones]

better than the 54 million dollar budget movies they make now

[@pb629000]

A father, a second wife, a son from a previous marriage, financial desperation, the quest for truth and a private investigator obsessed with fives who walks a line between ethics and avarice, murder, fraud and betrayal. Lots going on in this film with twists and turns. Very enjoyable for the period.

[@thomasstafford9324]

The play on shadow,light and attitude.. "Priceless".

[@WizardOfChicamunga]

WOW!!! Hubba-hubba! June Vincent is an absolute stone fox! And at 63 I can't recall ever seeing her before, that's what's amazing to me. Especially since for years and years I have been a big fan of the old movie era.WHAT A DAME!!!

[@VinDcator]

Fantastic ending to a great story, right up to the last minute! Keep 'em coming! Thanks!

[@miapdx503]

This is making my Saturday night! A great film, my brandy, and my little friend Coco. 😏🐶

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Y chocha.

[@TomLohre49]

What a gem, I have listened to it several times and watched it twice. It runs itself, a formula with character actors that are dead on. Thanks for uploading.

[@pearcerf]

Film noir seems to have such great acting, and so dramatic. Love it! But I also found this film convoluted and hard to grasp the ending. The PI had the best role I think. Quite the shyster!

[@guineapig4701]

Excellent!! Love seeing the nurse from Marcus Welby, MD, Elaine Verdugo.

[@Laura-Lee]

"Thanks" for uploading such wonderful films and THANKS TO EVERYONE who leaves a comment - it REALLY helps me decide what to watch and when. :-)

[@Netlet2]

What an amazing interpretation of devious characters! Thank you!

[@johnbaginski1395]

You can see a lot of June Vincent on the old Perry Mason's TV shows. Raymond Burr was the best Perry Mason of them all.

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

Lol. You sure are right. Even though he was a fictitious character, everytime I had to go to court, I look for lawyers who have some Raymond Burr in them.✌

[@miapdx503]

Yes, I knew I was getting older when, every time Perry Mason comes on I get excited. And it comes on every day. 😏

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

I remember those scales we see in the opening. They were in front of many stores. You put in a penny and got your weight. Simpler times.

[@nedwards3409]

Great film noir with many unexpected turns! Highly recommend.

[@sophiamartinez6122]

Thank you to whoever is uploading these amazing old films! Love them!

[@johnoman6617]

Thanks for the upload. This was an excellent movie with a lot of good & reasonable plot twists. Judith Vincent got better looking as the movie went along.

[@gildamarlowe8516]

Ms. Vincent has the face and demeanor of the quintessential "bad Girl."

[@capacola262743]

+Gilda Marlowe i love the bad girls!

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That's right. Gildy poop

[@martentrudeau6948]

Agreed, Vincent played that part well.

[@cchild9110]

Absolutely fabulous! Thank you for posting. Great acting. Love the entire cast.

[@usermikes]

They don't make movies like this anymore...Now it's all about violence, cursewords. computer graphics..You don't have to be a good actor anymore....

[@richq11]

Not to mention "actors" whose primary talent is disrobing!

[@southamerican5402]

Jack Val........ Actors are even forced to take dumps and fart on screen while filming,.that's really rank..they have lost their pride and self respect...........just to keep working.

[@scottleft3672]

this is nothing but violence you nit.....and the actors are crap.

[@jimmyguitar2933]

South American Maybe you're watching the wrong movies, dude.

[@jimmyguitar2933]

Jack Val I don't know where to begin. First of all this wasn't a B movie; this was a C- movie at best. The writing was awful and every performance was completely wooden. Not one single spark of real human emotion; just strung-together clichés. A plot that makes little sense. Characters cut out of cereal box. It was what it was-- a cheap B movie made from a dime store novel. The set and costume design were good.😋

[@myrnagroger132]

This was pretty good. The crooked detective was the only one that got away clean.(ls)

[@philipmarlowe5035]

He (the detective) was a slick article,but I liked him. At least he had good taste,and frankly,he gave the best performance in my opinion

[@freezo244]

SPOILER ALERT!

[@victorjamesireland]

Wallace Ford's nuanced performance is excellent. Johnstone White, cunningly amoral and debonair to the hilt, is outstanding. Dialogue and other performers providing top support. Jean Yarborough's tight direction and editing first class.

[@sentientsilicon5776]

All of these old movies reminds me of how much smoking was apart of everyday life.Funny how things have changed.

[@sirloxleymendoza972]

Actually I find it stranger that everyone is so down on smoking cigarettes yet think pot and liquor are ok??? go figure... what about second hand Pot smoke (with kids in the house) or drunk driving? nobody has ever been run over by a smoking driver:.) lol just saying

[@tominrochester]

Sir Loxley Mendoza "Everyone" must not include the U.S. government, because both pot and alcohol have way more restrictions on them then cigarettes! Cancer rates from cigarettes are much, much higher than for either alcohol or pot, too, as far as the stats say.

[@wanboo02]

Another ploy, subliminal persuasion if you will, of the devil....sure enough it is!!

[@catchaser52]

Number 1 cause of Lung Cancer today ? Radon Gas coming up from under our houses and other buildings.

[@thankthelord4536]

I remembered when they banned smoking in 1997or 98 in new York bars and clubs.

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That first scene is why I always felt insecure living in an apartment building. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💀

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Thanks so much for uploading all these films I absolutely love them.

[@DennisDA]

She contradicted herself at 13:00. First she said she didn't know about the policy and then she said that her husband had told her he was changing the beneficiary to herself.

[@kurtlundstedt]

i love theses movies, especially the scores are amazing, and the quality of the movie itself is not bad

[@marywilliams9858]

I had never heard of this actress. Thanks for the video.

[@Sunflower-nx5en]

Excellent film! Really enjoyed watching the unexpected twists. Great performances too. Thank you for uploading this. : )

[@elmagodelmaryahoo]

Aaaaaah, ever-notorious June Vincent = One of THE Noir Queens of Cheesy Sleazy...!!! :-)

[@tarnsand]

Marilyn, Tom's girlfriend years later played Consuela Lopez; Dr Welby's nurse/receptionist.

[@suxal7107]

very very stellar performances puts current films to shame, i thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

[@geographicoddity9444]

“Remember, no tears” and “Write me every day”. He is just begging to get caught. 😂

[@georgiahorton1591]

Movies today have no story, no dialogue, just shoot em up, crashes.

[@wayne5923]

An enjoyable and entertaining movie, It had a nice, unexpected ending.

[@VanlifewithAlan]

Exciting film which leaves the viewer guessing which way it will turn!

[@thankthelord4536]

her lover in this film i recognize as being an actor in "Gilda" being Rita Hayworth's character's lover. He's pretty.

[@gildamarlowe5110]

"Pretty" men are not really attractive.

[@romevicki1]

They are to other men.

[@thankthelord4536]

25point8 what the hell are talking about???

[@luismantaras6460]

I liked it. An inescrupulous woman, many noir elements going on... Thank you.

[@EffemeyJon]

Nice Noir with lots of plot twits. June Vincent yes a lot like Veronica Lake, the femme fatale with a smoking voice

[@jimmyguitar2933]

Jon Effemey Veronica Lake was 10x hotter! that hairstyle 😍😘😎

[@lilitaylor9682]

agree-- Lake was really beautiful. Petite and sexy.

[@alphaomega8373]

That maid lady look soooo familiar. Love her face, voice and style :D

[@johnlorenzen4633]

I like Wallace Ford- tough but funny dependable character actor. Brooklyn energy. He was in the mummy's hand

[@paulbroderick5358]

Another good old black and white! Thank you.

[@rem2267]

Some quite witty one liners there, and I loved the Noel Coward-esque private detective (who's bed rolls into the wall!!). Thanks for this!

[@artgonzalez8822]

Prople could actually learn something from thees old flicks. Play dirty you' ll get dirty

[@cousinsister69]

Has most of the desirable elements which make for an entertaining movie. Passable storyline. 1 or 2 good actors. An attractive blonde (a must have for the era & genre!). Bearable music which goes mostly unnoticed. Several twists & turns & a fairly unpredictable climactic ending. I'm satisfied!

[@christinehedberg1799]

as my mom would say, "a real stinkeroo!" and she would know, she grew up watching these B movies. and I love them. thank you!

[@savedforh]

Great movie just the man was hurt and had to take revenge, and then revenge was taken on him truth of the matter is he wasn't as innocent as he looked he should've kept he's hands clean and all would've gone well but then that would've spoiled the entire fun and intrigue of the movie so chairs and shed no tears

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

HIS CHEERS

[@DennisDA]

Also - spoiler alert. Don't click the 'show more' phrase unless you want to know how the movie ends.

[@artjohnLagas-gk6mg]

Thanks for the movie...... that was another good one .....I loved the stuff from the 40s

[@rickbrowning7059]

Why do I get the feeling that every character that elisha cook played had ever had a happy day in his entire life? Jack palance baits him in Shane and sends him to perdition in a muddy street. Humphrey Bogart steals his 45s from him and marches him into his bosses office to embarrass him. And in the killing his cheating wife is leaving him for another man. He was a wonderful actor. Completely underrated and unappreciated. Rip elisha cook and thank you so much for making my childhood memories unforgettable.

[@johnryan3913]

Don't forget him in Kubrick's The Killing, what a cheery future he faced!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

NEVER. And Cook isn't in this movie.

[@blanchegouveia4644]

She's a cold as ice type. Good 👍flick.

[@rorygreene7275]

That was great. 😃 Love these noir films. 👍

[@malkaringel7864]

enjoyable 1 hour. Crime does not pay...n to live a life of lies n deceit...well. Too true-cigarettes a common prop in these old movies. Seems almost everyone is a smoker!!

[@mjc11a]

Good movie and a decent upload. Thanks for posting.

[@onlyweknow2]

Wow what a bunch of skunks...The insurance guy was right the whole time.

[@marilynmccorkle9293]

+Bob Ross you said it! And the P.I. was a superb skunk!

[@johnbaginski1395]

Most men think "I can make this women" in reality if the women does not want to be made he can go ahead and pound salt.

[@jeanettesdaughter]

John Raymond that would be “ woman” but of course you are right. It is a mistake for any man to think he can make a woman. He would be in for a big unpleasant surprise!

[@majormike6181]

Good little movie... one of the most realistic portrayals of a P.I. I've seen.

[@davido662006]

He doesn't commit Suicide, and she doesn't pay off the PI either

[@user-gu1jk4qn6b]

I enjoyed every minute of this one. Very interesting. Great channel.

[@adolfmussolini996]

Wallace Ford was in the informer. Great movie of Irish rebellion

[@scottleft3672]

if that old ponce says "adroit" one more time ....im going to smash my art deco tea caddy.

[@davidbrown-xk8zl]

Edna was not the kind of woman you would take home to meet Mom and Dad on Thanksgiving. She was however, the kind you WOULD take to Holiday Inn.Good film,thankyou.

[@johnlinden7398]

IN THE LAST SCENE OF THIS MOVIE WHERE SHE CRASHES THRU THE DOOR AND FALLS BACK BREAKING THE BALCONY RAIL FALLING TO HER DEATH, LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED AS CREDIBLE ! HAVING SUCH FRAGILE RAILS ON A BALCONY WOULD NEVER PASS THE BUILDING STANDARDS IN ANY CITY !

[@user-oh5uq8kg1l]

Tell that to the 114 deceased victims of the 1981 Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse (KC, MO). The skywalk passed building standards....until it didn't.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

OW! STOP SHOUTING!

[@dariapropeack552]

I so do enjoy old films

[@JoyceDavis]

love all the double crossing

[@johnrogan9420]

Edna took the express elevator to meet her cabbie.

[@drawbridge611]

"Are you still around? Didn't your fare come out yet? "Yeah, she came out."

[@roberttelarket4934]

Never heard of the is before. Just started watching. Sounds like a great film noir Too Late For Tears.

[@gildamarlowe5110]

convoluted and off the wall-- who's the ultimate bad person?

[@LydellFisk]

Dick Hogan as David Morse's Mini-Me. And Consuelo!

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

Never saw this. Low budget, but a very cool noir (real noir, where you know everyone is doomed from the git go). Love the private eye, camping it up doing a very passable Clifton Webb. I can almost smell the cologne...same as Joel Cairo's!

[@Featureman]

Very good story and excellent acting.

[@dantean]

Please tell me you're being sarcastic--at least about the acting.

[@marthawissmann8268]

I first saw this movie with Martha Scott . This one is nearly word for word and scene for scene but I didn’t mind because it was so good.

[@richardjones186]

1948? Has more of a 1932 look to it.

[@thankthelord4536]

Just a very bad print.

[@anotherluckyone]

Thanks for posting.

[@susiepittman601]

"Oh what a tangled web we weave... "

[@reach4thestars67]

Good movie. Thank you for uploading.

[@jeanwhite1659]

Highly enjoyable!, Many thanks!

[@orchidlilly7518]

That was tops, thanks a gazillion TCM* !

[@inurafacititia7352]

Not a bad flick. We could all think of Lots of improvements. I was especially glad that Hollywood dropped the comedy relief so prevalent in prior years of WWII (to soften the war efforts). With a few Tweaks here and there - this could have gone down as a Classic. But instead, we got a really decent scenario with decent acting and filming. It was the general direction and what seemed to be a bad case of misunderstandings that caused the movie to begin slipping.

[@SuperIliad]

Shed No Tears, released 9 June 1948 (USA), 15 February 1949, London, UK. Wallace Ford as Sam Grover; June Vincent as Edna Grover; Mark Roberts (as Robert Scott) Ray Belden; Frank Albertson as Police Lieutenant Hutton; Dick Hogan as Tom Grover; Elena Verdugo as Marilyn; Johnstone White as Huntington Stewart; Oliver Blake, Apartment Manager; Betty Blythe as Mrs. Peet - the Landlady; Eddie Dunn, Loan Company Representative; Eddie Kane as Mr. Nicholas - Bail bondsman; Rory Mallinson, 2nd Interrogating Detective; Frank Marlowe, Cab Driver; Paul Maxey; 1st Insurance Investigator; Matt McHugh, 1st Investigating Detective; John Mitchum, Policeman; Ida Moore, Bus Passenger; Jason Robards Sr., Homicide Inspector; Mary Treen as Hilda - the Maid; Emmett Vogan, 1st Interrogating Detective; Max Wagner, 2nd Investigating Detective; Barton Yarborough, 2nd Insurance Investigator.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Umm...Yeah, we got that.

[@capacola262743]

do you see what she said guys???? "I hated the way you let me push you around!" Learn a lesson from this. it was true in 1948, 1848, 1748...AND IT IS JUST AS TRUE IN 2015, no matter what you have been told. this is the way women ARE, they can't help it, nature made them that way. that is why they test you constantly to see how much CRAP you will take. most guys think you win this game by taking the most crap, so she sees how much you like her and would do anything for her etc. actually, you win by taking NO CRAP, as counter intuitive as this seems. i am sure most of you won't believe it and ALL the females will insist this is false, but it's true.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@Marcos 989, P.K. seems to be a bit misogynistic. HMM?!

[@JMasalle]

@paul kersey You are correct. Let those who are wise heed the warning as advise.

[@teresas8173]

paul kersey , lolol, there are some women AND men like that, but the majority are not. If that’s all you meet, youve been mighty unlucky.

[@beverlychase3587]

...and why does it seem that the only time guys go nuts for me is when I dont really like them and I'm not so nice?

[@capacola262743]

@@beverlychase3587 because, as i said in my comment, they are trying to win you by taking all of your CRAP. they figure if they do so you will HAVE to like them eventually, but it only makes you like them LESS. you only get turned on by the "bad boys" who treat you like crap, don't you?

[@fxo369]

Wallace Ford, great character actor with over 200 films to his credit, as well as numerous stage performances & TV appearances. He was the leading star in B movies, and character parts in the big movies, probably as wealthy as most of the big stars. Remember him as the circus clown in Todd Browning's "Freaks" (1932)?

[@jmccracken1963]

No, but I do remember him as one of the two police detectives investigating Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) in Santa Rosa in Alfred Hitchcock's SHADOW OF A DOUBT. And I remember him as a shady, slimy character in THE BREAKING POINT (made the year after this film) - and in similar roles in BLACK ANGEL and in DEAD RECKONING. He also had great roles in THE SET-UP and in THE FURIES. He also played Charles J. Hennessey (the undertaker, I think) in THE LAST HURRAH. And who could forget his last role on-screen: as Ole Pa, a pimp, in A PATCH OF BLUE in 1965?

[@kell4674]

+jmccracken1963 Yes, he's really got something. I particularly liked him as the hard-boiled but compassionate cop in Embraceable You, which he made the same year as this.

[@michaeldanello3966]

He had a small but heartbreakingly effective role in 1963s Patch of Blue with Shelly Winters and Sidney Poitier.

[@RBM-Channel]

Thank you for the upload. Great movie.

[@andyokus5735]

Gee, that was the flimiest metal railing I've ever seen in my life. Ha! Ha!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

FLIMSIEST

[@warrenwilson4818]

The private detective was superb.

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Best noir movie I've seen ... Thanks...Jan 2023 new subscriber 🍿

[@emmashoesmith2882]

What a hoot the Private Investigtor is ...he steals the film !!!

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Great action and suspense really interesting plot thank you for this classic ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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I really enjoyed this movie. Thank you

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