Top billed cast

1. 

   Robert Wagner

   Bud Corliss

2. 

   Jeffrey Hunter

   Gordon Grant

3. 

   Virginia Leith

   Ellen Kingship

4. 

   Joanne Woodward

   Dorothy ('Dorie') Kingship

5. 

   Mary Astor

   Mrs. Corliss

6. 

   George Macready

   Leo Kingship

7. 

   Robert Quarry

   Dwight Powell

8. 

   Howard Petrie

   Howard Chesser, Chief of Police

9. 

   Molly McCart

   Annabelle Koch

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2017-11-18

Love conquers all...

A Kiss Before Dying is directed by Gerd Oswald and adapted to screenplay by Lawrence Roman from the novel of the same name written by Ira Levin. It stars Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward, Virginia Leith, Jeffrey Hunter and Mary Astor. A CinemaScope/De Luxe Color production, music is by Lionel Newman and cinematography by Lucien Ballard.

Plot basically finds Wagner as a scheming pretty boy willing to commit murder in order to reach the riches of an inheritance. Story bubbles away nicely as Bud Corlis (Wagner) and Dorothy Kingship (Woodward), he sly and distant - she vul...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• pregnancy
• sister
• film noir
• murder
• college student