Kiss of Death (1995 film)

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Kiss of Death
The movie cover for Kiss of Death.
Directed by	Barbet Schroeder
Produced by	Susan Hoffman Barbet Schroeder
Written by	Ben Hecht Charles Lederer Eleazar Lipsky Richard Price
Starring	David Caruso Nicolas Cage Samuel L. Jackson
Music by	Trevor Jones
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	April 21, 1995 (U. S.)
Running time	101 min.
Language	English
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Kiss of Death is a 1994 (though released in 1995)^[1] crime/detective thriller starring David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, and Nicolas Cage. The movie is a remake of the 1947 film noir classic that starred Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, and Richard Widmark.

1 Story
2 Cast
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Story

Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria, in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and now raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, Jimmy lands back in prison. In exchange for an early release, he is asked to help bring down down a local crime boss named Little Junior Brown.

A series of wrong turns result in Jimmy's wife being killed in a freak accident and his cousin Ronnie beaten to death by Little Junior. With Jimmy still refusing to testify or "name names," several years pass in Sing Sing without an early release. By the time Jimmy finally agrees to work with District Attorney Frank Zioli, some five years have passed.

Jimmy remarries and attempts to renew a relationship with his child. But he is sent undercover by Detective Calvin Hart to work with Junior and infiltrate his operations. As soon as Little Junior kills an undercover federal agent with Jimmy watching, the district attorney and the feds further complicate his life. He must take down Junior or face the consequences.

[edit] Cast

David Caruso - Jimmy Kilmartin
Samuel L. Jackson - Calvin Hart
Nicolas Cage - Little Junior
Helen Hunt - Bev Kilmartin
Kathryn Erbe - Rosie
Ving Rhames - Omar
Stanley Tucci - D.A. Frank Zioli
Michael Rapaport - Ronnie Gannon
Megan L. Wrinn- Young Corinna Kilmartin
Lindsay J. Wrinn- Young Corinna Kilmartin
Philip Baker Hall- Big Junior
Anthony Heald- Jack Gold

[edit] Notes

The official copyright date on this film is 1994, which also the same year as the MPAA's record. However IMDB and most commercial databases list the date as 1995. This is likely due to a "delayed release"-this film was shot and completed in 1993-94 and due for a 1994 release that was pushed back to 1995.