A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)

A Kiss Before Dying
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Dearden
Screenplay byJames Dearden
Based onA Kiss Before Dying
by Ira Levin
Produced byRobert Lawrence
Starring
CinematographyMike Southon
Edited byMichael Bradsell
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Initial Pictures
Kellgate Limited
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (United States)
United International Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 26 April 1991 (1991-04-26) (Los Angeles)
  • 14 June 1991 (1991-06-14) (United Kingdom)
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[1] or £8.1 million[2]
Box office$15.4 million (US)

A Kiss Before Dying is a 1991 American romantic thriller film directed by James Dearden, and based on Ira Levin's 1953 novel of the same name, which won the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The drama features Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, and Diane Ladd.[3] The story had been previously adapted under the same name in 1956.

  1. ^ "AFI-Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s – An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 25.
  3. ^ A Kiss Before Dying at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.