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Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.
Leyland Hodgson
- Tipster
- (as Leland Hodgson)
Peter Hobbes
- Young Father
- (as Peter Forbes)
Harry Allen
- Drunk
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Timothy Bruce
- Boy Child
- (uncredited)
George Bunny
- Bookie
- (uncredited)
Melinda Byron
- Girl Child
- (uncredited)
Valerie Cardew
- Change Girl
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaPenicillin only recently had been introduced, proving to be a life-saving drug in WW2. In postwar Europe, the continent was still in shambles, with a huge black market for everyday necessities, including medicine. The noir classic The Third Man (1949) would further show the shadowy world of medical profiteering.
- GoofsThe story takes place in England, where automobiles and trucks are right-hand drive; the truck Bill drives is left-hand drive. Caveat: There were many U.S. Army vehicles like this left in the U.K. after the war. This one looks like it could have been used in the war as an ambulance as it appears to be a Dodge WC-series 1/2-ton model. Other vehicles in the film are left-hand drive.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Pulp Cinema (2001)
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Eye of Newton
Kiss The Blood Off My Hands was the first film that Burt Lancaster had a hand in producing, it was the first for his personal company Norma Productions. In fact to get Joan Fontaine as his co-star he had to cut her in and her production company for half and give her top billing. Lancaster would later do that with Clark Gable and Gary Cooper when he co-starred with them, this according to a recent biography on Lancaster.
This was a frustrating film for me because I think it had the potential to be a real classic. Lancaster is a disturbed World War II veteran with issues we later find out did not come from just his military service. He's got a quick temper and a propensity to use his fists first. He accidentally kills a bar owner and happens to flee into Fontaine's apartment.
Joan is a repressed woman very much akin to the character she played in her Oscar winning performance in Suspicion. She works as a nurse and has no social life. Lancaster's animal magnetism both frightens and attracts her.
Unfortunately Robert Newton playing one of his patented evil characters is a small time crook who sees what Lancaster did. His attempt to blackmail Burt into a life of crime sets the tone for the rest of the film. Newton also steals the film from both stars in the scenes he's in.
A forced and contrived Hollywood ending really ruins this film. I'd like to rate it better, all the players did their job more than competently. But if you see Kiss The Blood Off My Hands I think you'll agree with me.
This was a frustrating film for me because I think it had the potential to be a real classic. Lancaster is a disturbed World War II veteran with issues we later find out did not come from just his military service. He's got a quick temper and a propensity to use his fists first. He accidentally kills a bar owner and happens to flee into Fontaine's apartment.
Joan is a repressed woman very much akin to the character she played in her Oscar winning performance in Suspicion. She works as a nurse and has no social life. Lancaster's animal magnetism both frightens and attracts her.
Unfortunately Robert Newton playing one of his patented evil characters is a small time crook who sees what Lancaster did. His attempt to blackmail Burt into a life of crime sets the tone for the rest of the film. Newton also steals the film from both stars in the scenes he's in.
A forced and contrived Hollywood ending really ruins this film. I'd like to rate it better, all the players did their job more than competently. But if you see Kiss The Blood Off My Hands I think you'll agree with me.
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- Oct 7, 2013
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- Also known as
- Blood on My Hands
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- Budget
- $1,100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) officially released in India in English?
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