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* AnAxeToGrind: Vincent takes a fireman's axe off the wall and comes after Davey in the climactic fight.
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* AlliterativeTitle
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''Killer's Kiss'' is a 1955 film starring Jamie Smith and Irene Kane. Davey Gordon (Smith) is a washed-up welterweight boxer in New York City. His apartment is across an alleyway from that of Gloria Price (Kane), a taxi dancer. One evening Davey's attention is drawn by screams from Gloria's apartment, where she is being roughed up by her boss, Vincent Rapallo. Davey chases Vincent out of Gloria's apartment. Soon enough, they fall in love and decide to go away together--but Vincent isn't willing to let Gloria get away so easily.
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''Killer's Kiss'' is a 1955 film FilmNoir starring Jamie Smith and Irene Kane. Kane.
Davey Gordon (Smith) is a washed-up welterweight boxer in New York City. His apartment is across an alleyway from that of Gloria Price (Kane), a taxi dancer. One evening Davey's attention is drawn by screams from Gloria's apartment, where she is being roughed up by her boss, Vincent Rapallo. Davey chases Vincent out of Gloria's apartment. Soon enough, they fall in love and decide to go away together--but Vincent isn't willing to let Gloria get away so easily.
Davey Gordon (Smith) is a washed-up welterweight boxer in New York City. His apartment is across an alleyway from that of Gloria Price (Kane), a taxi dancer. One evening Davey's attention is drawn by screams from Gloria's apartment, where she is being roughed up by her boss, Vincent Rapallo. Davey chases Vincent out of Gloria's apartment. Soon enough, they fall in love and decide to go away together--but Vincent isn't willing to let Gloria get away so easily.
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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Both characters survived and they meet at the railway station to be together.
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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Both characters survived and they meet at the railway station to be together. In an example of ExecutiveMeddling, this happy ending was not in Kubrick's plan. Against Kubrick's wishes, United Artists required him to reshoot a happy ending because they were displeased with the original dour one.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Happened to Gloria's mother.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Happened Happens to Gloria's mother.and Iris's mother during Gloria's birth.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Happened to Gloria's mother during or after her birth.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Happened to Gloria's mother during or after her birth.mother.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Happened to Iris's mother at her birth.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Happened to Iris's Gloria's mother at during or after her birth.
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* TheCameo: Ruth Sobotka, Kubrick's second wife, plays Iris's sister in the ballerina scene.
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* TheCameo: Ruth Sobotka, Kubrick's second wife, plays Iris's Gloria's sister Iris in the ballerina scene.
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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Both characters survived and they meet at the railway station to be together.
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'''''Killer's Kiss''''' is a 1955 film starring Jamie Smith and Irene Kane. Davey Gordon (Smith) is a washed-up welterweight boxer in New York City. His apartment is across an alleyway from that of Gloria Price (Kane), a taxi dancer. One evening Davey's attention is drawn by screams from Gloria's apartment, where she is being roughed up by her boss, Vincent Rapallo. Davey chases Vincent out of Gloria's apartment. Soon enough, they fall in love and decide to go away together--but Vincent isn't willing to let Gloria get away so easily.
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''Killer's Kiss'' is a 1955 film starring Jamie Smith and Irene Kane. Davey Gordon (Smith) is a washed-up welterweight boxer in New York City. His apartment is across an alleyway from that of Gloria Price (Kane), a taxi dancer. One evening Davey's attention is drawn by screams from Gloria's apartment, where she is being roughed up by her boss, Vincent Rapallo. Davey chases Vincent out of Gloria's apartment. Soon enough, they fall in love and decide to go away together--but Vincent isn't willing to let Gloria get away so easily.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The whole movie looks like this.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The whole movie looks like this.]]
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* CreepyDoll: Or a creepy mannequin. Davey and Vincent have their climactic fight in a mannequin warehouse. It is very creepy.
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Not sure if Shout Out is the most appropriate trope for this, but it does qualify for it. Kubrick was inspired to include this scene after filming a boxer doing exactly that for \"Day of the Fight\".
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* SoftGlass: Davey is unscathed after jumping through a window.
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* ShoutOut: In one scene, Davey is studying his face in a mirror before heading into the boxing ring. This is a nod to a similar scene in Stanley Kubrick's first film as a director, ''Day of the Fight'', a documentary short following the routine of a boxer as he prepares to head into the ring.
* SoftGlass: Davey is unscathed after jumping through awindow.window.
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* SoftGlass: Davey is unscathed after jumping through a
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* {{Padding}}: This movie, which barely makes feature length at 67 minutes, includes a long scene in which Gloria recounts her family history, namely her father's death and her sister's suicide. This does not affect the plot in any way.
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''Killer's Kiss'' is a 1955 film starring Jamie Smith and Irene Kane. Davey Gordon (Smith) is a washed-up welterweight boxer in New York City. His apartment is across an alleyway from that of Gloria Price (Kane), a taxi dancer. One evening Davey's attention is drawn by screams from Gloria's apartment, where she is being roughed up by her boss, Vincent Rapallo. Davey chases Vincent out of Gloria's apartment. Soon enough, they fall in love and decide to go away together--but Vincent isn't willing to let Gloria get away so easily.
''Killer's Kiss'' was directed by a 27-year-old magazine photographer named Creator/StanleyKubrick. It was his second feature, financed by [[NoBudget $40,000 in loans]] from family and friends. While the acting is sometimes wooden and the dialogue awkward, Kubrick's sophistication in framing visuals is already in evidence. While his first film, ''Fear and Desire'', was barely released, ''Killer's Kiss'' was picked up by Creator/UnitedArtists for $100,000 and given wide release. It helped Kubrick get recognition in Hollywood as an up-and-coming young genius.
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!!Tropes:
* AnAxeToGrind: Vincent takes a fireman's axe off the wall and comes after Davey in the climactic fight.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Davey takes a beating, getting knocked down three times in his fight. When he's shown back at his apartment, there isn't a mark on his face.
* BetweenMyLegs: Davey's opponent is framed between Davey's legs as they sit on their stools before the fight. Davey promptly gets knocked out.
* BigApplesauce: Shot around New York. Most notable for the scenes shot in the beautiful old Penn Station, which was demolished a decade later.
* TheCameo: Ruth Sobotka, Kubrick's second wife, plays Iris's sister in the ballerina scene.
* CameraAbuse: This effect is simulated when Vincent flings a glass at the camera in a fit of rage.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Kubrick obviously picked up quite a bit from FilmNoir. Nearly every indoor scene in the movie, as well as the night scenes, are shot in the shadows with dramatic contrast between light and darkness.
* DeathByChildbirth: Happened to Iris's mother at her birth.
* DreamSequence: Davey has a dream symbolized by a shot of an NYC street in photographic negative.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Averted, and notable because this film was the last time Stanley Kubrick made a movie off an original story. Every film he made for the rest of his career was based off a pre-existing novel or short story.
* {{Flashback}}: Most of the movie is made up of flashbacks, and there is a flashback within a flashback when Gloria tells her family history.
* HitlerCam: Used for the boxers during Davey's fight.
* HongKongDub: After having difficulty with the boom mike casting shadows in his shots, Kubrick elected to dub in all the dialogue after-the-fact. In certain scenes it doesn't match up very well.
* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Davey at the train station, waiting for his train out of town. He then narrates the whole story in flashback.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Vincent gets turned on by watching the TV broadcast of Davey's fight, and starts pawing at Gloria.
* {{Padding}}: This movie, which barely makes feature length at 67 minutes, includes a long scene in which Gloria recounts her family history, namely her father's death and her sister's suicide. This does not affect the plot in any way.
* POVCam: Used from Davey's POV when he is knocked out, complete with a shaking ceiling light as Davey stares up from the canvas.
* SameLanguageDub: Irene Kane was unavailable when it was time to dub the dialogue, so all of her dialogue was dubbed by a different actress.
* SoftGlass: Davey is unscathed after jumping through a window.
''Killer's Kiss'' was directed by a 27-year-old magazine photographer named Creator/StanleyKubrick. It was his second feature, financed by [[NoBudget $40,000 in loans]] from family and friends. While the acting is sometimes wooden and the dialogue awkward, Kubrick's sophistication in framing visuals is already in evidence. While his first film, ''Fear and Desire'', was barely released, ''Killer's Kiss'' was picked up by Creator/UnitedArtists for $100,000 and given wide release. It helped Kubrick get recognition in Hollywood as an up-and-coming young genius.
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!!Tropes:
* AnAxeToGrind: Vincent takes a fireman's axe off the wall and comes after Davey in the climactic fight.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Davey takes a beating, getting knocked down three times in his fight. When he's shown back at his apartment, there isn't a mark on his face.
* BetweenMyLegs: Davey's opponent is framed between Davey's legs as they sit on their stools before the fight. Davey promptly gets knocked out.
* BigApplesauce: Shot around New York. Most notable for the scenes shot in the beautiful old Penn Station, which was demolished a decade later.
* TheCameo: Ruth Sobotka, Kubrick's second wife, plays Iris's sister in the ballerina scene.
* CameraAbuse: This effect is simulated when Vincent flings a glass at the camera in a fit of rage.
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Kubrick obviously picked up quite a bit from FilmNoir. Nearly every indoor scene in the movie, as well as the night scenes, are shot in the shadows with dramatic contrast between light and darkness.
* DeathByChildbirth: Happened to Iris's mother at her birth.
* DreamSequence: Davey has a dream symbolized by a shot of an NYC street in photographic negative.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Averted, and notable because this film was the last time Stanley Kubrick made a movie off an original story. Every film he made for the rest of his career was based off a pre-existing novel or short story.
* {{Flashback}}: Most of the movie is made up of flashbacks, and there is a flashback within a flashback when Gloria tells her family history.
* HitlerCam: Used for the boxers during Davey's fight.
* HongKongDub: After having difficulty with the boom mike casting shadows in his shots, Kubrick elected to dub in all the dialogue after-the-fact. In certain scenes it doesn't match up very well.
* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Davey at the train station, waiting for his train out of town. He then narrates the whole story in flashback.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Vincent gets turned on by watching the TV broadcast of Davey's fight, and starts pawing at Gloria.
* {{Padding}}: This movie, which barely makes feature length at 67 minutes, includes a long scene in which Gloria recounts her family history, namely her father's death and her sister's suicide. This does not affect the plot in any way.
* POVCam: Used from Davey's POV when he is knocked out, complete with a shaking ceiling light as Davey stares up from the canvas.
* SameLanguageDub: Irene Kane was unavailable when it was time to dub the dialogue, so all of her dialogue was dubbed by a different actress.
* SoftGlass: Davey is unscathed after jumping through a window.
