The UCLA Film and Television Archive has remastered Too Late for Tears (1949) from a recently discovered original print. The restoration process took five years after the print was discovered in France, and involved piecing segments of another copy into the restored version to have a complete film. The restoration was funded by the Film Noir Foundation. The restored version was broadcast on 7/17/2015, on the Turner Classic Movies network in pristine condition. The restored version of the film was released in 2016 on Blu-ray in the United States and the United Kingdom. The film has developed a cult following in the years since its release.
Adjusted for inflation, the $60,000 in the bag would be equivalent to about $800,000 in 2024.
Roy Huggins wrote the screenplay which is based on his "Saturday Evening Post" serial (19 April-24 May 1947).
Jimmie Dodd, the leader of the original Disney Mouseketeers, appears as one of the car thieves right after Jane abandons the car on the beach. He's the one who gets into the driver's seat.
Hunt Stromberg borrowed Lizabeth Scott, Kristine Miller, Don DeFore, and director Byron Haskin from independent producer Hal B. Wallis for the production. Scott was cast by request of director Byron Haskin, who had previously directed her in I Walk Alone (1947).