Top billed cast

1. 

   Victor Mature

   Nick Bianco

2. 

   Brian Donlevy

   Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

3. 

   Coleen Gray

   Nettie Cavallo

4. 

   Richard Widmark

   Tommy Udo

5. 

   Taylor Holmes

   Earl Howser

6. 

   Howard Smith

   Warden

7. 

   Karl Malden

   Sgt. William Cullen

8. 

   Anthony Ross

   'Big Ed' Williams (uncredited)

9. 

   Robert Adler

   Detective (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-03-16

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 notable for being the searing debut of Richard Widmark. With no intention of soft soaping the story, the makers cunningly lure us viewers onto the seamy New York streets. Thus with the New York locations as expertly used as they are by Hathaway, Kiss Of Death attains a documentary style similar to other n...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

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