---
title: 'A Kiss Before Dying (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Dearden'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-kiss-before-dying-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102220/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Kiss Before Dying (1991)

1991 · 89 min · Crime · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

A Kiss Before Dying is a 1991 American romantic thriller film directed by James Dearden and based on Ira Levin's 1953 novel of the same name, which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. The film stars Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow and Diane Ladd. It follows Jonathan Corliss, an ambitious young man (Dillon) who murders his pregnant girlfriend Dorothy Carlsson and assumes a false identity to seduce her twin sister Ellen, aiming to marry into a wealthy family.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Dearden](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-dearden)
- **Screenplay:** [James Dearden](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-dearden), [Ira Levin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-levin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore)
- **Producer:** [Eric Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-fellner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mike Southon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-southon)

## Cast

- [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow)
- [Diane Ladd](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-ladd)
- [Sean Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-young)
- [James Russo](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-russo)
- [Frederick Koehler](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-koehler)
- [Ben Browder](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-browder)
- [Joie Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/joie-lee)
- [Sam Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-coppola)
- [Ad-Rock](https://cinepixo.com/people/ad-rock)
- [Rory Cochrane](https://cinepixo.com/people/rory-cochrane)
- [Matt Dillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-dillon)

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