Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

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

Oct 30 1948 Approved 1h 19m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his violent nature, Jane becomes involved with Bill, who resolves to reform. She gets him a job driving a medical supplies truck. But racketeer Harry Carter, who witnessed the killing, wants to use Bill's talents for crime.

Written by

Leonardo Bercovici, Ben Maddow, Walter Bernstein

Directed by

Norman Foster

Cast

Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Norma Productions

Languages

English

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
2,276
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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