Sweet Kill

Sweet Kill
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCurtis Hanson
Written byCurtis Hanson
Produced byTamara Asseyev
StarringTab Hunter
CinematographyDaniel Lacambre
Edited byGretel Ehrlich
Music byCharles Bernstein
Production
companies
Curtis Lee Hanson
Tamaroc Productions[1]
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • January 1973 (1973-01) (US)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$110,000[2] or $130,000[3]

Sweet Kill (also known as A Kiss from Eddie and The Arousers) is a 1973 B-movie written and directed by future Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson. The film was Hanson's directorial debut and was executive-produced by Roger Corman. It stars 1950s heartthrob Tab Hunter and was the last film of actress Isabel Jewell.[4][5]

Sweet Kill poster when re-released as The Arousers
  1. ^ "SWEET KILL". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 43, no. 504. London. Jan 1, 1976. p. 64.
  2. ^ Chris Nashawaty, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses – Roger Corman: King of the B Movie, Abrams, 2013 p 102
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Isabel Jewell at IMDb
  5. ^ "Isabel Jewell; Film Actress of 1930–40s". Los Angeles Times. Apr 7, 1972. p. c10.