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A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
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12 June 1956 (USA)
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A ruthless college student resorts to murder in a futile attempt to marry an heiress. full summary | add synopsis
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Murder
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College Student
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Belt
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Left Handedness
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Cramped budget, fuzzy details, awkward acting
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Robert Wagner | ... | Bud Corliss |
 | Jeffrey Hunter | ... | Gordon Grant |
| Virginia Leith | ... | Ellen Kingship |
 | Joanne Woodward | ... | Dorothy ('Dorie') Kingship |
| Mary Astor | ... | Mrs. Corliss |
| George Macready | ... | Leo Kingship |
| Robert Quarry | ... | Dwight Powell |
| Howard Petrie | ... | Howard Chesser, Chief of Police |
| Bill Walker | ... | Bill, the Butler |
| Molly McCart | ... | Annabelle Koch |
| Marlene Felton | ... | Medical Student |
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94 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) |
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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UK:12 |
Norway:16 (1956) |
USA:Approved (certificate #17419) |
West Germany:18 (nf) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:(Banned)
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Referenced in "Living Single: A Kiss Before Lying (#1.4)" (1993)
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A Kiss Before Dying
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A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSIs Corliss romancing ...
Does Corliss push Dory down the bleachers?
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Young woman attempts to solve the mysterious death of her sister, which was ruled a suicide. Unfortunately, this is no delicious, Nancy Drew-styled mystery, for the sleuthing is done almost entirely off-screen, and the details we're privy to (like the fact her sister was wearing something old-new-borrowed-& blue when she died) are skimmed over second-hand. The main focus is on Robert Wagner's sociopath, but we don't get much background information on him. Director Gerd Oswald sets up a long sequence in a college chemistry supply lab which goes no place, skirting major plot-issues and personality points in the meantime. The script, based upon Ira Levin's far-fetched novel, eliminates an entire third sister and rushes along Levin's carefully-mounted scenario until it becomes nothing more than a summary of the book. The small town college landscape is vividly captured however, and Lucien Ballard's cinematography is rich (despite a slim budget). Later remade with Matt Dillon and Sean Young--whom Virginia Leith (here playing Ellen) eerily resembles! ** from ****