Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death is a 1995 crime thriller film starring David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Stanley Tucci, Ving Rhames and Helen Hunt, 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 family...
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quick facts
Release date:April 21, 1995
Directed by:Barbet Schroeder
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:101 Minutes
Producer:Susan Hoffman, Barbet Schroeder
Music by:Trevor Jones
Screenplay by:Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Eleazar Lipsky, Richard Price
Genre:Thriller

Cast of Kiss of Death

Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Calvin Hart
Born:December 21, 1948
Age:63
Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames
Omar
Born:May 12, 1959
Age:53
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Little Junior Brown
Born:January 7, 1964
Age:48
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
Frank Zioli
Born:November 11, 1960
Age:51
Michael Rapaport
Michael Rapaport
Ronnie Gannon
Born:March 20, 1970
Age:42
Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt
Bev Kilmartin
Born:June 15, 1963
Age:48

Honors and Awards

YearAward Nomination
1995 Razzie Award for Worst New Star, David Caruso
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Film director of Kiss of Death

Barbet Schroeder
Barbet Schroeder
Born: August 26, 1941
Age: 70

Barbet Schroeder is a Franco-Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Schroeder was born in Tehran, Iran, the son of Ursula, a German-born physician, and Jean-William...
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Music contributors for Kiss of Death

Trevor Jones
Trevor Jones

Trevor Alfred Charles Jones is a South African orchestral film score composer. Although not especially well known outside the film world, he has...
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Filming locations for Kiss of Death

New York City
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