The Killing: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted DeCorsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook, Timothy Carey, James Edwards. Killer's kiss: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane (i.e. Chris Chase, voiced by Peggy Lobbin.) The killing is based on the novel: "Clean Break" by Lionel White. The killing originally released in 1955 and Killer's kiss in 1956; The killing copyright held by Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation. Includes booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) featuring an essay by film historian Haden Guest and a reprinted interview with actress Marie Windsor. Special features: new digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new video interview with producer James B. Harris; excerpted interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cin�ema cin�emas; new video interview with poet and author Robert Polito about writer Jim Thompson; restored high-definition digital transfer of Stanley Kubrick's 1955 noir feature Killer's kiss; new video appreciation of Killer's kiss featuring film critic Geoffrey O'Brien; trailers.
Contents:
Killer's kiss (1955 ; ca. 67 min.) Killer's kiss (1955 ; ca. 67 min.)
Summary:
The killing: A group of small-time crooks plan a daring race-track robbery, but their well-laid plans go awry. Killer's kiss: A boxer in New York protects a nightclub dancer, not knowing that her boss is a gangster.
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