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A Kiss Before Dying (1991) [R]

Release Date:
April 26, 1991

Original Title:
A Kiss Before Dying

Alternate Titles:
Un beso antes de morir

Genres:
Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Initial Pictures
Kellgate Limited
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  GB: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 95

Loving him was easy. Trusting him was deadly.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.

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Production

Art Department Assistant:
Jo Graysmark

Art Direction:
Rod McClean
Chris Seagers

Assistant Accountant:
Tarn Harper

Assistant Art Director:
Tessa Harrison

Assistant Costume Designer:
Hilary Watson

Assistant Dialogue Editor:
Robert Gavin

Assistant Editor:
Natalie Baker

Assistant Location Manager:
Bill Darby

Assistant Sound Editor:
Gerard McCann

Associate Producer:
Paul Raphael
Chris Thompson

Best Boy Electric:
Bill Thornhill

Camera Operator:
Philip Sindall

Casting:
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith Crowley

Casting Associate:
Suzanne Smith

Clapper Loader:
Mark Milsome

Conductor:
Howard Shore

Construction Manager:
Roy Evans

Continuity:
Diana Dill

Costume Design:
Marit Allen

Dialogue Editor:
Kevin Brazier

Director:
James Dearden

Director of Photography:
Mike Southon

Editor:
Michael Bradsell

Executive Producer:
Eric Fellner

First Assistant Director:
Patrick Clayton

Focus Puller:
Ian Jackson

Gaffer:
Micky Brown

Grip:
Malcolm Sheehan

Hairdresser:
Martin Samuel
Sue Love

Location Manager:
Guy Tannahill

Makeup Artist:
John Dods

Makeup Supervisor:
Peter Frampton

Music Editor:
Graham Sutton

Novel:
Ira Levin

Orchestrator:
Homer Denison

Original Music Composer:
Howard Shore

Producer:
Robert Lawrence

Production Accountant:
Bobbie Johnson

Production Coordinator:
Tania Windsor

Production Design:
Jim Clay

Production Manager:
Mary Richards

Production Secretary:
Melissa Wyn Griffith

Property Master:
Dave Reilly

Props:
Paul Bradburn

Screenplay:
James Dearden

Script Supervisor:
Julie Robinson

Second Assistant Director:
Tim Lewis

Set Decoration:
Catherine Davis

Set Dresser:
Stephenie McMillan

Sound Editor:
Campbell Askew

Sound Mixer:
John Hayward

Sound Recordist:
Ian Voigt

Still Photographer:
David Appleby

Stunts:
G. A. Aguilar
Greg Powell
Mike Potter
Martin Grace
Helen Caldwell
Graeme Crowther
Tracey Eddon
Jery Hewitt
Cliff Cudney
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Donna Evans
Eddie Powell

Third Assistant Director:
Julia Waye

Unit Publicist:
Susan d'Arcy

Wardrobe Master:
Jo Korer

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Ken Crouch

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