5.5.12

a kiss before dying (1956)

"I had such plans."
Bud (Robert Wagner) is confronted with his girlfriends desire to get married, after she discovers she is pregnant. He goes along with her plans, but we know he has other ideas. When her sister dies, can Ellen (Virginia Leith) find out the truth of her supposed suicide.
Focusing wholly on Bud takes the suspense out of what could have been an effective detective thriller. What we end up with is ok, but it's a film where details, that could have been explored, (such as Buds war experiences), are skimmed over rather than developed.

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