A Kiss Before Dying is a novel by Ira Levin. It has been adapted to film twice; a 1956 version starring Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward, and a 1991 version starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young. Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Wagner (born 10 February 1930) is an American actor. ... Joanne Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress. ... Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Irish-American actor, originally from New Rochelle, New York, United States. ... Sean Young Mary Sean Young (b. ...

1956 film

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Robert Wagner plays Bud Corliss, a student who is wooing Dorothy Kingship (Joanne Woodward) purely for her father's mining fortune. When he finds she is pregnant he realises she is likely to be disinherited, Bud stages what appears to be a suicide. After a couple of months her sister, Ellen, finds evidence to question the suicide verdict, but by then has a new boyfriend of her own who turns out to be Bud. Robert Wagner (born 10 February 1930) is an American actor. ... Bud Corliss is the villain of Ira Levins 1953 novel A Kiss Before Dying. ... Joanne Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress. ...

Woodward and Wagner in A Kiss Before Dying

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Many of the scenes were shot at University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. The movie was filmed in CinemaScope and Deluxe Color. Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter were paired again in Nicholas Ray's The True Story of Jesse James. Director Oswald worked mainly in TV directing episodes of Star Trek and The Outer Limits. Oswald later directed another film noir, the cult classic The Screaming Mimi in 1958. The University of Arizona (UA) is a land-grant institution of higher learning located in Tucson, Arizona. ... A city street near downtown Tucson, Arizona. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th)  - Land 294,312 km²  - Water 942 km² (0. ... Eat me! Cinemascope, or more strictly CinemaScope, was a widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967. ... Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter (November 25, 1926 - May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor. ... Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle) (August 7, 1911–June 16, 1979) was an American film director. ... Star Trek collectively refers to six science fiction television series spanning 726 episodes, ten motion pictures, and hundreds of novels, video games, and other works of fiction, all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the early- to mid-1960s. ... Opening titles — 1960s The Outer Limits was an American science fiction anthology television series. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... Screaming Mimi (1958) is a Columbia pictures release directed by Gerd Oswald and based on the novel by pulp novelist Fredric Brown. ...

Main cast

• Robert Wagner - Bud Corliss
• Jeffrey Hunter - Gordon Grant; a math teacher/cop
• Virginia Leith - Ellen Kingship
• Joanne Woodward - Dorothy Kingship
• Mary Astor - Mrs. Corliss

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1991 film

The film was remade in 1991 starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young. The screenplay and direction by James Dearden. Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Irish-American actor, originally from New Rochelle, New York, United States. ... Sean Young Mary Sean Young (b. ...

Sean Young received a Golden Raspberry Award each for her role as the twins. The 12th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 29, 1992 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1991. ...

Main cast

• Matt Dillon - Jonathon Corliss
• Sean Young - Ellen/Dorothy Carlsson
• Diane Ladd - Mrs. Corliss