Killer's Kiss

Movie

1955

1h 8m

English

Thriller, Crime, Drama

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Killer's Kiss

Movie

1955

1h 8m

English

Thriller, Crime, Drama

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Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

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Cast

Vincent Rapallo

Davy Gordon

Gloria Price

Albert

Gangster

Gangster

Landlord

Taxi Dance Lady

Directed By: Stanley Kubrick

Written By: Stanley Kubrick (Story), Howard Sackler (Screenplay)

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nmahoney416 says...

7 years ago

This is way better than his first movie. Not anything special story wise but the action scenes were engaging. The way the boxing scene was shot really was fantastic and made it look real. It can be hard to make boxing look real in movies but they do a good job with what they had at the time. The fight at the end was also great. The acting was alright, Frank Silvera was the best.

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saundrew says...

9 years ago

I've always loved Stanley Kubrick, so going back and watching one of his super early films is a pretty good time. I'm getting to see his elements starting out a little bit smaller, but still pretty great. This is a pretty well done short story with wonderful cinematography. Kubrick just knew where to put a camera and how to light it since his birth I guess. Only problems I have are with a bit of the acting. The female character especially is just kind of flat in her delivery if you ask me. Also, you could probably trim about 10 minutes or so off to pace it better. The biggest problem though, is not on Kubrick at all. The production company forced him to do a happy ending, and it frankly doesn't feel right. Overall though, this is a really enjoyable watch. I mean, I'm already older than he was when he made this. That makes me feel so useless.

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DanosPog says...

one year ago

It's alright. Much better than Kubrick's first movie "fear and desire". I still found the story a little slow and hard to follow. The dialogue and acting is good. This is the movie where Kubrick's cinematography really hits its stride. There are many amazingly framed scenes that are a pleasure to look at. With all that said I would still only recommend this movie if you want to watch everything in Kubrick's filmography, otherwise I'd still skip this one

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John Chard

6 years ago

Classy, Feverish, a Mess?

The second feature film directed by future critical darling Stanley Kubrick, Killer's Kiss isn't a particularly good film. With its very basic "B" film noir plot, choppy editing, post-dubbing and "interesting" acting from the unknown cast, the film should really be a c More

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