In general, according to all reviews of the time, the most impressive aspect about Kiss of Death was its realism. “It illustrates a new and vigorous trend in U.S. moviemaking. One of the best things that is happening in Hollywood is the tendency to move out of the place –to base fictional pictures on fact, and more importantly, to shoot them not in painted studio s

a bad side. And even though most of us choose to live on the good side, it is the dark side or the possibilities of the evil side of the mind that intrigues us the most.

Taking all of these into consideration I come to believe that people did want to see something different. Both the social disturbance of the World War II and the antisocial aggressiveness of American gangsterism in the decade that followed it created a class of characters that would frequently be depicted in film noir movies. From all of these came the stereotype of the ambitious criminal used in movies, and from the war came the men who faced the difficult task of readjusting to civilian life. In this case Nick Bianco is an example of someone coming back from war trying to re-adjust to life, to do it the right way. He is someone with a questionable past looking for a way to redeem himself. People needed to see these after the war. People wanted to see that there is a second chance. After the war everyone wanted to see that life could go on. In addition, people wanted to experience human emotion. Violence was all around and hate filled up the air. Everyone has a good side and!

Of course Hathaway’s contribution wouldn’t work the same if there wasn’t a good story behind it. Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer did an incredible job writing the screenplay from a story by Eleazar Lipsky. Another crew member that was praised by critics was the Director of Photography, Norbert Brodine. His handling of photography was excellent in actual surroundings. “…Brodine’s photograph is of cameo sharpness and skillfully employed to heighten drama.” (Variety) With this combination of filmmakers the only thing missing in the formula was excellent cast.

ets but in actual places.” (Fisk). In this period in time, Hollywood was used to film most of their movies in indoor-sets because it was easier than taking the whole cast and crew out to the actual locations. By making their own sets they are able to obtain whatever mood they wanted for their movies, but couldn’t really show true reality. But Kiss of Death was a very different movie in that respect. The movie would be filmed entirely on actual surroundings in New York giving it a very powerful realist felling. “Its atmosphere is therefore authentic, and it is surprising how much authority this background contributes to the over-all effect of the picture” (The New York Times Film Review). Places like Manhattan’s Tombs prison, the Chrysler Building, Sing Sing prison, an orphanage and the

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