A Kiss Before Dying

A Kiss Before Dying is a novel by Ira Levin. It has been adapted to film twice; a 1956 version starring Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward, and a 1991 version starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young.

1956 film

The 1956 version was color film noir directed by Gerd Oswald.

Related Topics:
1956 - Film noir - Gerd Oswald

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Robert Wagner plays Bud Corliss, a student who is wooing Dorothy Kingship (Joanne Woodward) purely for her father's mining fortune. When he finds she is pregnant he realises she is likely to be disinherited, Bud stages what appears to be a suicide. After a couple of months her sister, Ellen, finds evidence to question the suicide verdict, but by then has a new boyfriend of her own who turns out to be Bud.

Related Topics:
Robert Wagner - Bud Corliss - Joanne Woodward

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Movie Info

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Many of the scenes were shot at University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. The movie was filmed in CinemaScope and Deluxe Color.

Related Topics:
University of Arizona - Tucson - Arizona - CinemaScope - Deluxe Color

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Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter were paired again in Nicholas Ray's The True Story of Jesse James.

Related Topics:
Jeffrey Hunter - Nicholas Ray - The True Story of Jesse James

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Director Oswald worked mainly in TV directing episodes of Star Trek and The Outer Limits. Oswald later directed another film noir, the cult classic The Screaming Mimi in 1958.

Related Topics:
Star Trek - The Outer Limits - Film noir - The Screaming Mimi

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Main cast

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• Robert Wagner - Bud Corliss
• Jeffrey Hunter - Gordon Grant; a math teacher/cop
• Virginia Leith - Ellen Kingship
• Joanne Woodward - Dorothy Kingship
• Mary Astor - Mrs. Corliss

External links

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• DVD Beaver review