Killer’s Kiss
Vivid location shooting on the streets of 1950s New York distinguishes the film that Stanley Kubrick considered his first professional feature, a nervy, hard-edged noir that brought him to Hollywood’s attention. A lifelong boxing aficionado, Kubrick sets the story in the gritty ringside world of middleweight Davey Gordon (Jamie Smith), who gets in way over his head when he tries to help a dance-hall hostess (Irene Kane) escape her violently possessive boss (Frank Silvera). Displaying the striking eye he honed as a photographer for Look magazine, Kubrick captures a bygone Manhattan in evocative monochrome chiaroscuro that is the very essence of noir. Killer’s Kiss is presented here alongside Kubrick’s earlier film work, including his three shorts—Day of the Fight (in both its original and RKO versions), Flying Padre, and The Seafarers—and Fear and Desire, the independently produced first feature that he withdrew from circulation.
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Cast
- Frank Silvera
- Vincent Rapallo
- Jamie Smith
- Davey Gordon
- Irene Kane
- Gloria Price
- Jerry Jarret
- Albert
- Mike Dana
- Hoodlum
- Felice Orlandi
- Hoodlum
- Ralph Roberts
- Hoodlum
- Phil Stevenson
- Hoodlum
- Julius Adelman
- Mannequin-factory owner
- David Vaughan
- Conventioneer
- Alec Rubin
- Conventioneer
- Ruth Sobotka
- Iris Price
Credits
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Edited and photographed by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Story by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Produced by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Produced by
- Morris Bousel
- Screenplay by
- Howard Sackler
- Screenplay by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Camera operator
- Jesse Paley
- Camera operator
- Max Glenn
- Production manager
- Ira Marvin
- Assistant editor
- Pat Jaffe
- Assistant editor
- Anthony Bezich
- Assistant director
- Ernest Nukanen
- Choreography
- David Vaughan
- Music by
- Gerald Fried
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