Kiss of Death
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Down-on-his-luck ex-convict Nick Bianco (Mature) and his three cohorts rob a jewelry store. Assistant District Attorney Louis D'Angelo (Donlevy) tries to persuade Nick to name his accomplices in exchange for a light sentence. Nick refuses and is given a 20-year sentence. Three years later, at Sing Sing Prison, Nick learns that his wife has committed suicide and his daughters have been sent to an orphanage.
Credits
- Directed by
- Henry Hathaway
- Written by
- Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Philip Dunne
- Cast
- Karl Malden, Mildred Dunnock, Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Taylor Holmes, Jesse White, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Millard Mitchell, Tito Vuolo, Howard Smith, Anthony Ross, Harry Bellaver
- Produced by
- Fred Kohlmar, Darryl F. Zanuck
- Cinematography
- Norbert Brodine
- Music
- David Buttolph
- Edited by
- J. Watson Webb, Jr.
Copyright
KISS OF DEATH. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 100 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on a story by Eleazar Lipsky. Summary: A convict turns informer and makes himself the target of a gangster's gun in order to protect his daughters and his wife. Photographed on actual settings in New York and in Sing Sing prison. Credits: Producer, Fred Kohlmar; director, Henry Hathaway; screenplay, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer; music director, David Buttolph. Cast: Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 13Aug47; LP1392.
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