1991 film by James Dearden
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.
The story was previously adapted into a film of the same name in 1956. The 1991 version was released in the United States on April 26, 1991, and received generally negative reviews from critics.
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