Vintage Poster
Kiss Of Death
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With our Kiss Of Death Poster, immerse yourself in the intensity of the film where love and betrayal meet in a deadly dance. Explosive emotions guaranteed!
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- ✅ Size: several choices available . ✅
- Great UV resistance .
- Maximum color vibrancy, without reflections .
- Recycled paper, guaranteeing respect for the environment.
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Description of this Kiss Of Death Poster
Kiss of Death is a 1947 American film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a story by Eleazar Lipsky. The story revolves around an ex-con played by Victor Mature and his former partner in crime, Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark in his first film). The film also stars Brian Donlevy and features Coleen Gray in her first role. Since its release, the film has received critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations.
On Christmas Eve, Nick Bianco, a down-on-his-luck ex-con, and his three henchmen rob a jewelry store. Before they can exit the building, the injured owner sets off the alarm. While trying to escape, Nick attacks a police officer, but he is injured and arrested.
Assistant District Attorney Louis D'Angelo tries to persuade Nick to give up the names of his accomplices in exchange for a light sentence. Confident that his accomplices and his lawyer, Earl Howser, will take care of his wife and two young daughters while he is incarcerated, Nick refuses and receives a 20-year prison sentence. Three years later, at Sing Sing Prison, after his wife had not written for three months, Nick discovered that she had committed suicide.
In prison, Nick receives a visit from Nettie Cavallo, a young woman who babysat his daughters. She tells him that his daughters have been sent to an orphanage. Nick decides to tell D'Angelo everything, but because so much time has passed, D'Angelo can't use Nick's information about the jewelry store robbery to reduce his sentence. In exchange for being able to see his children, he opens up about work. D'Angelo then decides to keep Nick in the city jail and use him as an informant. He keeps Nick clean from other shady characters and Howser (who acts on behalf of his criminal clients as a middleman for a fence) by making it appear that Nick is accused of a previous unsolved robbery he pulled off with his accomplice Pete Rizzo. D'Angelo then asks Nick to suggest to the lawyer that Rizzo talked about this hit.
Howser arranges for Tommy Udo, a psychopathic killer who served time in prison with Bianco, to take care of Rizzo. When Udo shows up at Rizzo's apartment, only the criminal's mother, who uses a wheelchair, is present; she tells Udo that her son has gone out but that he will return the same evening. Udo examines the apartment and determines that Rizzo has probably left town. Udo ties Ms. Rizzo to her wheelchair using an electrical cord and pushes her down the stairs, killing her.
Soon after, Nick is paroled at D'Angelo's request and visits Nettie, promising her his love. But to stay free, Nick must continue working with D'Angelo. He arranges a "chance" meeting with Udo and poses as an old friend from Sing Sing Prison. Udo takes Nick to a few clubs, including one where drugs are smoked. Nick reports to D'Angelo, who is convinced he has enough evidence to charge Udo and obtain a conviction. D'Angelo then releases Nick from any further work.
Nick begins a new life in Astoria, Queens, with his wife Nettie and children. When Udo's trial begins, D'Angelo summons Nick to let him know that his testimony is required. Despite his presence on the stand, Udo is acquitted.
Certain that Udo will seek revenge, Nick sends Nettie and the girls to the countryside. He then goes to meet Udo and finds him at Luigi's restaurant in East Harlem. Inside, Udo threatens Nettie and the girls. Nick reminds him that during their evening, Udo gave Nick compromising information about himself.
Udo leaves to wait in his sedan outside the restaurant, which Nick notices. He phones D'Angelo to come with the police to the restaurant in exactly two minutes, then leaves. Udo shoots Nick and is quickly surrounded by police, shot and arrested. Although seriously injured, Nick also survives; He and Nettie hope for a happy and peaceful life.
