Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Damned Don't Cry, The (1950) - I'm Gonna Get It!

From the funeral of their son, killed in a bike accident precipitated by their bitter quarrel, Ethel (Joan Crawford) and first-husband Roy (Richard Egan) have it out, her parents (Sara Perry, Morris Ankrum) impotent bystanders, in Vincent Sherman's The Damned Don't Cry, 1950.

Damned Don't Cry, The (1950) - Nice Piece Of Merchandise

Fashion buyers, not impressed by Sandra (Jacqueline de Wit), are helpless before the hotness of the new girl Ethel (Joan Crawford), both then sent on a date by Wally (Eddie Marr), in Vincent Sherman's The Damned Don't Cry, 1950.

Damned Don't Cry, The (1950) - Rich Oil Heiress

The opening scene in which first a body, then home movies of a "rich oil heiress" (Joan Crawford) who isn't, are discovered by the sheriff and deputy (Jamesson Shade, Tom Greenway), from Vincent Sherman's The Damned Don't Cry, 1950.

Damned Don't Cry, The (1950) - Etruscan Flower Pot

New-to-the-game Ethel (Joan Crawford) and slick gangster Castleman (David Brian) are discussing setting up her boyfriend as a bookie, and ensuing matters, in Vincent Sherman's The Damned Don't Cry, 1950.