Kiss of Death is a 1947 American film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer. The story revolves around an ex-con played by Victor Mature and his former partner-in-crime, Tommy Udo. The movie also starred Brian Donlevy and introduced Coleen Gray in her first billed role. The film has received critical praise since its release, with two Academy Award nominations.
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Kiss of Death is a 1947 American film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a story by Eleazar Lipsky. The story revolves around an ex-con played by Victor Mature and his former partner-in-crime, Tommy Udo. The movie also starred Brian Donlevy and introduced Coleen Gray in her first billed role. The film has received critical praise since its release, with two Academy Award nominations. Kiss of Death was purchased by 20th Century Fox in November 1946 specifically as a vehicle for Victor Matures’ performance. It is also notable for giving Mark Widmark a breakout role in his screen debut, in the role of Nick Bianco, a down-on-his-luck ex-Convict. The movie was released on December 25, 1947, and is considered a significant example of movie noir. It was released in the U.S. on December 26, 1947. It also opened in the UK on December 27, 1947 and in the United States on December 28, 1948, and in other countries on December 29, 1948 and December 30, 1949. The ending of the film also narrates the beginning and ending of Nettie Cavallo, Nick’s second wife, who also plays his second wife in the film, who plays his first wife, and who also narrationates the film’s beginning and the end of the movie.
It has also been released in Australia and the United Kingdom, where it has been shown on television and in bookstores and on DVD. The Udo character has a long rap sheet, including several convictions for murder, but he is never convicted of any of the crimes he is accused of in the movie, including the robbery of the jewelry store where he was involved in the shooting of the store’s proprietor, Pete Rizzo. In the end, the film ends with Nick and his wife looking forward to a peaceful life together in Astoria, Queens, with his wife and two young daughters. The last scene shows Nick and the girls visiting an orphanage, where they are told that the girls have been sent to an orphaned orphanage by their mother. The final scene is set in a restaurant in East Harlem, where Udo shoots Nick and is quickly surrounded by police, then goes to the restaurant outside and is arrested.
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