KISS OF DEATH (1947) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Henry Hathaway
Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark,
Colleen Gray, Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith,
Karl Malden, Millard Mitchell, Mildred Natwick
The Great Victor gives one of his better performances as Nick Bianco, a hood who gets sent up for his role in a jewel heist and decides to go straight by ratting on his accomplices. Brian Donlevy plays the assistant D.A. Colleen Gray plays Victor's girl. It was done on location by Henry Hathaway and it's a classic film noir, but here's the thing: Richard Widmark, an old woman in a wheelchair and a flight of stairs. Whatever else you take away from watching this movie, you won't forget Richard Widmark.
