This is the ultimate in screen sadism circa 1947, and it’s all in the debut film performance of Richard Widmark as a too-nasty-for-words hood who likes to shoot people in the stomach. Actually, Victor Mature is not bad in a grim story of a stool pigeon that tries to square himself with the law, and finds himself a target for mob murder.
Kiss of Death
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1947 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 98 min. / Street Date February 7, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Karl Malden, Mildred Dunnock
Cinematography: Norbert Brodine
Art Direction: Leland Fuller, Lyle Wheeler
Film Editor: J. Watson Webb Jr.
Original Music: David Buttolph
Written by Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Eleazar Lipsky
Produced by Fred Kohlmar
Directed by Henry Hathaway
The older they get, the better they look. Henry Hathaway’s Kiss of Death is...
Kiss of Death
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1947 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 98 min. / Street Date February 7, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Karl Malden, Mildred Dunnock
Cinematography: Norbert Brodine
Art Direction: Leland Fuller, Lyle Wheeler
Film Editor: J. Watson Webb Jr.
Original Music: David Buttolph
Written by Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Eleazar Lipsky
Produced by Fred Kohlmar
Directed by Henry Hathaway
The older they get, the better they look. Henry Hathaway’s Kiss of Death is...
- 2/28/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is continuing their “Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side” series with a screening of 1947’s ‘Kiss of Death’ shown at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The film will be introduced by Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth. The special guest for the evening will be Coleen Gray, who played Nettie in the film. This film received Academy Award nominations for Actor in a Supporting Role (Richard Widmark) and Writing – Motion Picture Story (Eleazar Lipsky).
The “Oscar Noir” series has been taking place this summer and featuring 15 film noir classics from the 1940s, all of which were nominated in writing categories.
Kiss of Death will be screened on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 7:30pm.
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The film will be introduced by Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth. The special guest for the evening will be Coleen Gray, who played Nettie in the film. This film received Academy Award nominations for Actor in a Supporting Role (Richard Widmark) and Writing – Motion Picture Story (Eleazar Lipsky).
The “Oscar Noir” series has been taking place this summer and featuring 15 film noir classics from the 1940s, all of which were nominated in writing categories.
Kiss of Death will be screened on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 7:30pm.
Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information.
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- 8/17/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
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