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Screen legends Joan Fontaine (Rebecca, Suspicion, The Bigamist) and Burt Lancaster (Desert Fury, I Walk Alone, The Train) star in Kiss the Blood off My Hands, a classic film noir about fate and love amongst the most unlikely individuals. Former POW Bill Saunders (Lancaster), now living in England, is scarred with unstable and violent tendencies. After killing a man in a bar fight, he flees the scene and manages to find cover in the home of Nurse Jane Wharton (Fontaine), who agrees to take him in and believes his story that the killing was an accident. Now in love, Nurse Wharton tries to secure Saunders a job delivering medical supplies when he’s released from prison after serving time for fighting with a police officer. Things take a turn, however, when a racketeer (Robert Newton, Odd Man Out) who witnessed Saunders’ murder threatens to turn him into the police unless he agrees to assist in a crime. Beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by the great Russell Metty (Touch of Evil, The Lady Gambles) and stylishly directed by Norman Foster (Journey into Fear, Woman on the Run).
Original Release
10/30/1948
US Release
10/30/1948
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Fontaine | Jane Wharton |
Burt Lancaster | William Earle 'Bill' Saunders |
Robert Newton | Harry Carter |
Lewis L. Russell | Tom Widgery |
Aminta Dyne | Landlady |
Grizelda Hervey | Mrs. Paton |
Jay Novello | Sea Captain of Pelicano |
Colin Keith-Johnston | Judge |
Reginald Sheffield | Superintendent |
Campbell Copelin | Publican |
Directors
Writers
Leonardo Bercovici, Ben Maddow, Walter Bernstein, Hugh Gray, Gerald Butler
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joan Fontaine | Jane Wharton |
Burt Lancaster | William Earle 'Bill' Saunders |
Robert Newton | Harry Carter |
Lewis L. Russell | Tom Widgery |
Aminta Dyne | Landlady |
Grizelda Hervey | Mrs. Paton |
Jay Novello | Sea Captain of Pelicano |
Colin Keith-Johnston | Judge |
Reginald Sheffield | Superintendent |
Campbell Copelin | Publican |
Leyland Hodgson | Tipster |
Peter Hobbes | Young Father |
Harry Allen | Drunk |
Jimmy Aubrey | Taxi Driver |
Timothy Bruce | Boy Child |
George Bunny | Bookie |
Melinda Byron | Girl Child |
Valerie Cardew | Change Girl |
Jack Carol | Tipster |
Harry Cording | Policeman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harold Hecht | Executive Producer |
Norman Deming | Producer |
Richard Vernon | Producer |