Kiss of Death

(1947)

Crime / Drama / Film Noir

98 minutes

Directed by Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Victor Mature as Nick Bianco

Brian Donlevy as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Coleen Gray as Nettie

Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo

Taylor Holmes as Earl Howser--Attorney

Howard Smith as Warden

Karl Malden as Sgt. William Cullen

Anthony Ross as 'Big Ed' Williams

Nick Bianco is a small-time thief who is caught stealing jewels. He declines to give up the names of the rest of the guys he was working with and goes to prison, making sure his wife and children will be just fine. After he finds out that his wife committed suicide, he gives up the names of the rest of the guys and is released from prison. Nick finds another wife and starts to live a regular and happy life until he finds out that insane killer Tommy Udo has just been released from prison and is out to get Nick. 

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