shoot to kill ( 1947 ) weak and confusing and shoot to kill yourselfyou know how you can plop in front of a t. v. and find an old movie and watch it even though you know it bad . the mood and the clunkiness and the archetype and the nostalgia all work on you . as long a you have nothing well to do . say in a motel on a business trip . that as far a shoot to kill will rise . it fun and it dramatic and and there be crime and suspect . it will keep you up more than put you to sleep . to a point . so why actually rent it ( or stream it free on netflix ) . well and there be a lot of nice night scene and little moment where the camera look at a door archway or the foot of some people walk and and you might be able to watch this just for that aspect . that fight scene toward the end of the movie and between the reporter ( who be a good fighter than actor ) and a thug ( who be not bad at both ) and tumble down a set of stairwas and it very physical and amazing and actually . the requisite car chase scene ( s ) and less so . there lot of high contrast light and move camera and which be pretty standard by the late 40 and but be one of the reason to watch in the first place . the plot and however and be so full of double cross it not worth the effort keep everyone straight . that might make it a lot of fun for some people and but i be hop for a clear line that actually matter when it get twist . william berke and the director and have dozen of film of this caliber to his name and and he crank them out with no budget . shoot to kill be entertain and yes and and many with more consistent acting and but it clip along so that you just go with it . the woman be less a femme fatale than just a strong willed and duplicitous lead . she make sympathetic by the end . maybe the small insert of real music by gene rodgers be enough to search for that scene ( about 9 represent40 in ) and where he play a nice stride or similar style piano and though probably not miked while film and since the fingerwork doesn not match up . it an odd addition that make no real sense in the plot and but it give bill in the opening credit and and rodgers do some good backup work in the 1930s and 40 ( include coleman hawkins ) . the only other think i notice of some small note ( and i be stretch to find thing ) represent among all the flashback ( the movie be basically one big flashback and as well ) be at least one case of a flashback within the flashback . or be that three layer . brilliance beget by necessity .