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Director Norman Foster and cinematographer Russell Metty offer up an unusually dark portrait of post-war life both visually—night dominates Bill’s life—and thematically. Full Review | Mar 9 ...
With perhaps the most lurid title of the noir cycle, Norman Foster’s Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a visual stunner that turns studio-bound streetscapes and high-contrast lighting into a dazzling nighttime London atmosphere that engulfs most of the film. After American drifter and former prisoner of war Bill Saunders (Burt Lancaster) accidentally kills a man in a pub brawl, he flees from ...
Sep 7, 2020 · This Movie is what magic is made of, if you're a lover, if you the courage to anguish, the abilities to writhe in loves romantic agonies, well, just remember, your love is a pirate ship, don't get all discomfortable about it or you'll miss the greatness of your great and wonderful rights, and your great and wonderful, and agregious wrongs, for they, for they mostly, make you capable of loving ...
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Aug 23, 2020 · KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS embodies the awakening social consciousness of the classic noir movement, a time when veterans faced the psychological fallout from the war. Burt Lancaster's characterization of the disenchanted soldier Bill recalls similar figures from noir films that preceded this one, i.e. THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946), RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947) and DEAD RECKONING (1947).
Nov 5, 2021 · A blackmailer (Robert Newton) hounds a World War II veteran (Burt Lancaster) hiding from the police with a nurse (Joan Fontaine) in London.Copyright Disclaim...
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
On the run after accidentally killing a bouncer, Bill Saunders is taken in by a young woman who gives him a reason for living. Genres Noir PulpCrimeFiction. 237 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1946. Book details & editions.
