January-February Film Challenge: A Film For Every Letter in the Alphabet

 Film Eleven: Kiss of Death (1947)

How did I miss this classic film noir? Victor Mature's performance as Nick Bianco wows in this story of an ex-con who just wants to go straight and spend time with his kids. Nick gives up his accomplices for parole and one of them, Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark in an equally persuasive role), comes gunning for him. I highly recommend this one; however, you might want to stay away from the 1995 David Caruso remake, unless you want to see Nick Cage as a less-menacing heavy.




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