---
title: 'The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Whale'
released: '1933-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-kiss-before-the-mirror-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024222/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

1933 · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Kiss Before the Mirror is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery thriller film directed by James Whale and starring Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, and Gloria Stuart. An adaptation of the Ladislas Fodor stage play of the same name, the film focuses on the torrid mystery of a young woman's murder in Vienna.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Whale](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whale)
- **Screenplay:** [William Anthony McGuire](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-anthony-mcguire)
- **Original Music Composer:** [W. Franke Harling](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-franke-harling)
- **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Editor:** [Ted J. Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-j-kent)

## Cast

- [Frank Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-morgan)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon)
- [Christian Rub](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-rub)
- [Walter Pidgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-pidgeon)
- [Jean Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-dixon)
- [Paul Lukas](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-lukas)
- [Charley Grapewin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charley-grapewin)
- [Ernie Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernie-adams)
- [Donald Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-cook)
- [Gloria Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-stuart)
- [Nancy Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-carroll)
- [Walter Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-brennan)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)

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