Among other publications, "The Film Daily" in its April 8 issue reports that Ohio's board of censors had rejected the film and banned it from state theaters. The same news item added that Chicago's police censor board had "declined to pass" the motion picture. The trade paper then reported in subsequent issues that censors in Tennessee had "cracked down" on films they deemed unacceptable and had also banned all presentations of "Born to Kill" in theaters in Memphis or anywhere else in Shelby County. Then, in mid-May, "The Motion Picture Herald" disclosed that the National Legion of Decency had not condemned the film outright for its depictions of violence, although the Catholic organization had rated it "Class-B" or "objectionable in part, because it 'reflects the acceptability of divorce.'"