A Kiss Before Dying (DVD)

...pregnant and is thrown into a panic, trying to force her lover to marry her. He is unwilling, thinking that Dory will tie him down, but promises to marry her nevertheless. Then he tries to poison her, but his attempts are unsuccessful. Determined he will not marry Dory, he takes her to the roof of a municipal building and pushes her to her death, before disappearing and allowing everyone to presume it was a suicide. But Dory's sister Ellen is sure ...
...older, heavy-set self. This isn't a completely perfect performance by any means; there are times when his words sound wooden and it is a miracle that Dory doesn't work out that he is a major creep. However, he does have a certain amount of charm and he is very good to look at, so he just about manages to get away with it. By the last half of the film when his true colours are shown, it is fairly easy to believe that he is a lying, cheating, selfish ...

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...Yet, this film is not a one trick pony and offers excellent supporting roles from Mary Astor as the mother and Joanne Woodward as the girlfriend to round off an enjoyable viewing to suit any film noir enthusiast. Gerd Oswald's excellent film was his first and arguably best, and was based on a novel by Ira Lewin (whose other works resulted in iconic films such as Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives and The Boys From Brazil) shot in widescreen Deluxe ...

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