Movie
A Kiss Before Dying
Overview
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-04-20
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists, Crown Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Wagner as Bud Corliss
- Jeffrey Hunter as Gordon Grant
- Virginia Leith as Ellen Kingship
- Joanne Woodward as Dorothy ('Dorie') Kingship
- Mary Astor as Mrs. Corliss
- George Macready as Leo Kingship
- Robert Quarry as Dwight Powell
- Howard Petrie as Howard Chesser, Chief of Police
- Molly McCart as Annabelle Koch
- Marlene Felton as Medical Student
- Bill Walker as Bill, the Butler
Crew
- Gerd Oswald - Director
- Lawrence Roman - Screenplay
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