1947 · noir · gangster · informer
Kiss of Death
Directed by Henry Hathaway1h 39m1947
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Our read: Kiss of Death (1947) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded noir · gangster · informer entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured noir / gangster, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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