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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

"Only Her Arms Could Tame the Fury of His Fists!"

1948

1h 19m

6.6(31 votes)

Romance

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Overview

Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.

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Universal International Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Jane Wharton

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

William Earle 'Bill' Saunders

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Harry Carter

Lewis L. Russell

Lewis L. Russell

Tom Widgery

Aminta Dyne

Aminta Dyne

Landlady

Grizelda Harvey

Grizelda Harvey

Mrs. Paton

Jay Novello

Jay Novello

Sea Captain of Pelicano

Colin Keith-Johnston

Colin Keith-Johnston

Judge

Reginald Sheffield

Reginald Sheffield

Superintendent

Campbell Copelin

Publican

Creative team

Directed by: Norman Foster
Written by: Leonardo Bercovici
Produced by: Richard Vernon

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