Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

6.5/10 79 min Romance Drama Crime Thriller

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.

Cast

Joan Fontaine

Jane Wharton

Burt Lancaster

William Earle 'Bill' Saunders

Robert Newton

Harry Carter

Lewis L. Russell

Tom Widgery

Aminta Dyne

Landlady

Grizelda Harvey

Mrs. Paton

Jay Novello

Sea Captain of Pelicano

Colin Keith-Johnston

Judge

Reginald Sheffield

Superintendent

Leyland Hodgson

Tipster

John George

Midget (uncredited)

Melinda Byron

Girl Child (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Marker (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Seaman (uncredited)

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