Movie
Kiss of Death
Overview
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Details
- Release date
- 1947-08-27
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Victor Mature as Nick Bianco
- Brian Donlevy as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
- Coleen Gray as Nettie Cavallo
- Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo
- Taylor Holmes as Earl Howser
- Howard Smith as Warden
- Karl Malden as Sgt. William Cullen
- Anthony Ross as 'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)
- Robert Adler as Detective (uncredited)
- Rollin Bauer as Sing Sing Guard (uncredited)
- Harry Bellaver as Bull Weed (uncredited)
- Dennis Bohan as Guard (uncredited)
Crew
- Henry Hathaway - Director
- Ben Hecht - Screenplay
- Charles Lederer - Screenplay
- Eleazar Lipsky - Story
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