Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Oct 30, 1948

1h 19m

★ 6.5

Only Her Arms Could Tame the Fury of His Fists!

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Norma Productions

Harold Hecht Productions

Universal International Pictures

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Trailers

Cast

Jane Wharton

Joan Fontaine

William Earle 'Bill' Saunders

Burt Lancaster

Harry Carter

Robert Newton

Tom Widgery

Lewis L. Russell

Landlady

Aminta Dyne

Mrs. Paton

Grizelda Harvey

Sea Captain of Pelicano

Jay Novello

Judge

Colin Keith-Johnston

Superintendent

Reginald Sheffield

Publican

Campbell Copelin

Tipster

Leyland Hodgson

Young Father

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