20th Century Fox/MGM DVD Clearance Sale (series)

Kiss of Death

Starring: Victor Mature; Brian Donlevy & Coleen Gray Director: Henry Hathaway

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Stereo - English
• Mono - Spanish, English
• Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - Alain Silver, James Ursini - Film Historians
• Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailers

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Stills/Photos

Description by OLDIES.com:

This stylistic thriller is a suspenseful drama of betrayal and violence. Nick Bianco (Victor Mature) is a small-time hoodlum who's convicted of a jewel heist and sent to Sing Sing. Three years into his term, he's double-crossed by his shyster lawyer and accomplices. He makes a deal with the Assistant D.A. (Brian Donlevy), and is paroled, but it's not that easy. Bianco testifies against sadistic murderer Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark), but he beats the rap. The terrifying climax is a stand-off between the psychopathic maniac Udo and Bianco, a man who's only trying to protect his family.

Product Description:

A two bit thief (Mature) puts his family in untold danger when the district attorney convinces him to squeal on a fellow inmate at Sing Sing: the homicidal psychopath will stop at nothing to gain revenge. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Richard Widmark, Best Original Story.

Plot Synopsis:

Two-time loser Nick Bianco is caught during an armed robbery and pressured by the Assistant District Attorney to squeal on his cohorts. Nick refuses, but after his wife commits suicide and his daughters are put in an orphanage, he relents and goes to work for the prosecutor. He gets paroled and straightens out his life, but when the D.A. needs him to roll over on Tommy Udo, Nick finds he has to deal with the psychopathic killer himself.

Plot Keywords:

Drama | Killers | Prison | Suspense | Theatrical Release | Thriller

Exerpts:

"Nick Bianco hadn't worked for a year. He had a record, a prison record. They say it shouldn't count against you. But when Nick tried to get a job, the same thing happened... So this is how Nick went Christmas shopping for his kids." (Opening narration, as Nick prepares to pull an armed robbery)

"I wouldn't give you the skin off a grape." (Tommy Udo to Assistant District Attorney D'Angelo)

"Your side of the fence is almost as dirty as mine." (Convict Nick Bianco, in the process of making a deal with Assistant District Attorney D'Angelo).

"I'm askin' you: where's that squealin' son of yours?" (Tommy Udo to Rizzo's wheelchair-bound mother, just before he pushes her down the stairs)

Production Notes:

• Richard Widmark's screen debut.
• Film opens with the notice "All scenes in this motion picture, both exterior and interior, were photographed in the State of New York on the actual locale associated with the story."

Cast and Crew: