A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)
A Kiss Before Dying is a 1991 BritishAmerican neonoir film. It was directed by James Dearden, and based on the novel by Ira Levin, whose book won the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The drama features Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow and Diane Ladd. The story had been previously adapted under the same name in 1956.
1987 The University of Pennsylvania. A blonde student, Dorothy Carlsson Sean Young doodles in her notebook during class, drawing herself being married to a suitor. After class, she changes into a more formal outfit, and runs into her friend Patricia Farren Martha Gehman on her way out. Patricia asks if she is going to meet her mystery man, but Dorothy claims she is just going to meet her father for lunch.On her way across town, Dorothy asks the cab to wait while she buys a new pair of shoes. At city hall, she meets Jonathan Corliss Matt Dillon. The couple go up to the marriage license bureau, but it is closed for lunch. They discuss how her father would disown her if he knew what she was doing. Jonathan convinces her to wait for the office to reopen on the roof of the building. Eventually, he tosses her over the edge, taking her gold lighter and cigarettes, leaving her purse and tossing her new shoes after her plunging body. In the lobby, he mails a letter and calmly walks past her body as the crowd gathers. ........
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