James Dearden

A KISS BEFORE DYING is James Dearden’s remake of Gerd Oswald’s 1957 potboiler.

Gerd Oswald

A Kiss Before Dying is a 1956 American color film noir, directed by Gerd Oswald in Gerd Oswald's directorial debut.

Joanne Woodward

A Kiss Before Dying was Joanne Woodward's second film, after Count Three and Pray, the year before.

the second film , after The Mountain, with Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner made in 1956 in which Robert Wagner played against Robert Wagner's usual clean-cut image

A Kiss Before Dying was the second film Robert Wagner made in 1956 in which Robert Wagner played against Robert Wagner's usual clean-cut image, after The Mountain, with Spencer Tracy.

by Ben Hecht

The screenplay for Kiss of Death was adapted by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a story by Eleazar Lipsky originally called “Stoolpigeon.”

and Charles Lederer

The screenplay for Kiss of Death was adapted by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a story by Eleazar Lipsky originally called “Stoolpigeon.”

Virginia Leith's second movie and Virginia Leith

A Kiss Before Dying was Virginia Leith's second movie and Virginia Leith

immigrant German director Richard Oswald

Though this film is in TV scale, immigrant German director Richard Oswald directed the more startling A Kiss Before Dying in color and widescreen the same year.

by Yale Rep’s Evan Yionoulis

Written by Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón and directed by Yale Rep’s Evan Yionoulis, Kiss is billed as “a politically charged and emotionally resonant exploration of what gets lost in translation.”

Alfred Hitchcock

A Kiss before Dying: Bud Corliss pretended to love Alfred Hitchcock's victims first, then kill them.

Bud Corliss

A Kiss before Dying: Bud Corliss pretended to love Dorothy's victims first, then kill them.

by Guillermo Calderón

Kiss was commissioned and originally produced by Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (Germany), directed by Guillermo Calderón.

Adrienne Shelly

Sadly, the director/actress Adrienne Shelly was murdered before the release of the film, just as the director/actress Adrienne Shelly was starting to hit the director/actress Adrienne Shelly's stride as a director.

Sean Young, and James Bonfanti

A Kiss Before Dying is a movie starring Matt Dillon, Sean Young, and James Bonfanti.

by William Heise

The Kiss' was directed by William Heise for inventor and early motion picture innovator Thomas Edison.

Chris Applebaum

The singer is shown holding man's hand while directors Chris Applebaum dies in a hospital.

Ayten Amin

A dramedy about illness, intimacy and death sparkles with the lighthearted touch of Director Ayten Amin.

Tatia Pilieva

The film, which perfectly captures the delightful awkwardness and tenderness of a first kiss, was shot in February and directed by Tatia Pilieva, a longtime friend of Coker's.

Kubrick

Scripted by Stanley Kubrick from Lionel White’s novel “Clean Break”, The Killing (1956) essentially put Kubrick on the map as a director after Kubrick's earlier effort Killer’s Kiss (1955) suggested some promise.