Kiss of Death (1995 film)
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| Directed by | Barbet Schroeder |
| Produced by | Susan Hoffman Barbet Schroeder |
| Screenplay by | Richard Price |
| Story by | Eleazar Lipsky |
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Kiss of Death by Ben Hecht Charles Lederer |
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| Music by | Trevor Jones |
| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli |
| Edited by | Lee Percy |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $14.9 million (US) |
Kiss of Death is a 1995 crime American thriller film starring David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen Hunt, Ving Rhames, and Stanley Tucci, directed by Barbet Schroeder.
The film is a very loosely based remake of the 1947 film noir classic of the same name that starred Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, and Richard Widmark. It was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Like the original Kiss of Death, the film was released by 20th Century Fox.
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a daughter with his wife Bev. They are both recovering alcoholics. Bev leaves Jimmy alone to go to an AA meeting. While she is gone, Jimmy is awoken by his cousin Ronnie who is in desperate need of a driver to help him move some stolen cars. Jimmy tries to eject Ronnie, knowing that he could go back to prison just for being seen with him. Ronnie's right ring finger is broken, and he confesses that if Jimmy does not help him move the cars, Little Junior Brown will kill him.
Little Junior Brown is an asthmatic psychopath. Enraged that they are so behind schedule, he insists that Ronnie move the four trucks full of stolen cars in a caravan, instead of staggering them to avoid detection. The caravan draws the attention of the police, and when they arrive at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to unload the cars, the police arrive. During the arrests, Jimmy's passenger shoots at the police. The bullet goes through Jimmy's hand and just below the right eye of Detective Calvin Hart.
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