A Kiss Before Dying
A ruthless college student resorts to murder in a futile attempt to marry an heiress.
- Director: Gerd Oswald
- Genre:Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
- Runtime:91 minutes
Cast
Robert Wagner : Bud Corliss
Jeffrey Hunter : Gordon Grant
Virginia Leith : Ellen Kingship
Joanne Woodward : Dorothy (‘Dorie’) Kingship
Mary Astor : Mrs. Corliss
The picture tells the story of Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) an ambitious student who wants to get ahead in life, and badly. He is wooing Dorothy Kingship (Joanne Woodward) purely for her father’s Kingship Copper Mines mining fortune.
When he discovers that Dorothy is pregnant with his child, he realizes she is quite likely to be disinherited by her wealthy family. He assures Dorothy that he’ll take care of her, yet he hesitates when Dorothy insists on marrying. Bud then murders Dorothy and stages it in a way that it appears to be a suicide. He then reaches out to her sister Ellen (Virginia Leith) with the hopes of marrying her in order to ingratiate himself with her tycoon conservative father. After a couple of months Ellen finds evidence to question the suicide verdict, and then discovers Bud knew Dorothy. Ellen struggles to avenge her sister and save her own life. Read more
The picture tells the story of Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) an ambitious student who wants to get ahead in life, and badly. He is wooing Dorothy Kingship (Joanne Woodward) purely for her father’s Kingship Copper Mines mining fortune.
When he discovers that Dorothy is pregnant with his child, he realizes she is quite likely to be disinherited by her wealthy family. He assures Dorothy that he’ll take care of her, yet he hesitates when Dorothy insists on marrying. Bud then murders Dorothy and stages it in a way that it appears to be a suicide. He then reaches out to her sister Ellen (Virginia Leith) with the hopes of marrying her in order to ingratiate himself with her tycoon conservative father. After a couple of months Ellen finds evidence to question the suicide verdict, and then discovers Bud knew Dorothy. Ellen struggles to avenge her sister and save her own life. Read more
