Kiss of Death (1947)

Movie Details

Original Title Kiss of Death

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.9

Cast

Victor Mature

Nick Bianco

Popularity: 0.7

Brian Donlevy

Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Popularity: 0.8

Coleen Gray

Nettie Cavallo

Popularity: 0.9

Richard Widmark

Tommy Udo

Popularity: 1.5

Taylor Holmes

Earl Howser

Popularity: 5.7

Howard Smith

Warden

Popularity: 1.3

Karl Malden

Sgt. William Cullen

Popularity: 1.1

Anthony Ross

'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.1

Robert Adler

Detective (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.1

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Rollin Bauer

Sing Sing Guard (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.0

Harry Bellaver

Bull Weed (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.8

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Dennis Bohan

Guard (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Henry Hathaway

Screenplay Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer

Producer Fred Kohlmar

Editor J. Watson Webb Jr.

Production

20th Century Fox

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Keywords

prison new york city orphanage wheelchair wheelchair user heist caper film noir district attorney ex-con hoodlum stolen jewelry small time crook

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Mar 16, 2020

Hard hitter from Hathaway, Hecht and Lederer. Adapted from a story by Eleazar Lipsky, Kiss Of Death is a tough, even frightening Crime/Noir picture that has a gritty realistic feel. Helped enormously by director Henry Hathaway shooting the whole picture in New York, Kiss Of Death is also notabl ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Dec 7, 2024

This starts off by tugging at the heart-strings a little as we are introduced to "Nick" (Victor Mature). He's an ex-con, trying to go straight with his wife and two children but struggling to make ends meet as Christmas approaches. An opportunity to carry out one last robbery presents itself, but al ... Read more

griggs79 5/10

Mar 28, 2025

_Kiss of Death_ is OK. However, it certainly didn’t wow me. The plot’s solid, and Widmark’s unhinged performance steals the show, but it drags in places and feels a bit stiff overall. Classic noir vibes, but there’s nothing here I hadn’t seen before. It's worth a watch but certainly isn’ ... Read more