kiss of death

[TorresNetworks]

I am here because of Full Dark, No stars.

[TheDrunkenCelt]

Do ya think she's ok?

[DrBuckMulligan]

I'm watching this because of Don DeLillo's White Noise. Fuck.

[OCg00ner]

Here because of Opie & Anthony

[VX84]

O&A sent me here

[bigbagron]

Here from Opie & Anthony :O

[jhohcable]

Actually came here because O&A, especially lil Jimmy Nordin, mentioned this scene many times.

[eldritch1985]

I was watching a Wait Until Dark (1967) movie clip and someone mentioned the Tommy Udo character on Kiss of Death (1947). They mentioned that the villians on both movies where slimy!That is what brought me here. (Harry Roat Junior and Tommy Udo....slimy, movie villians!)

[Christophyoyoyo]

Stephen king brought me here!

[loqui136]

i founded this video reading a short story by stephen king.big driver

[GuitarSongCoverDude]

The King sent me here.

[phelps12471]

Lol nice one.

[irnmke2007]

Don’t have me go Richard Widmark on your ass.

….now take your medicine mom!

[permissionmag]

Thumbs up if the Bowery Boys brought you here

[ssj4phil14]

No NO AHHHHHHHHH BAM!!!! lol she got hit hard!!!!!

[Stranglehold432]

Seems like a nice guy.

[xoMsBethxo]

i remember seeing this when i was like 5...it totally scared me for life haha

[MadHouseAsylum]

anyone know of a movie with a floating knife?

[TheTalentedMrRipley1]

That famous scene with the old woman being tossed down the stairs is still brutal today. The remake was GOD AWFUL with Nicholas Cage in the Widmark part.. I can just hear Richard saying at the time.. What the hell is Hollywood doing with my movie...

[CineRecon]

What? No way! Lecter would quote literature while Tommy throws his bald, poetic ass down some stairs! Udo FTW!

[Ori0n1975]

The part the inmates were watching on Bad Boys (1983) in the uncut version.

[Leutchik]

Hannibal Lecter would have made short work of this guy.

[jorgecitoAZ]

could see Johnny Depp the same way in the same role... crazy is as crazy does.

[Ultrabrut1]

Frank Gorshin, T.V.'s Batman's "The Riddler" often said the Riddler, laguh and mannerisms were based on the evil Tommy Udo of this film. Man! Is he mean!

[peeweemax100]

My kind of dude

[zacharyf12]

stephen king brought me here

[rocketman12333]

@zacharyf12

same here man hahaha great book

[GeneMcNutt]

Widmark wasn't a large man, but he was a great bad guy--very intimidating. He made it seem that he enjoyed hurting people.

[benz1980i]

Black & white, 240p, mono sound. Can't wait for the blu ray release :-P

[ohsnapitsme59]

Funny, the director didn't even want him for this part! WRONG! He is scary and sexy at the same time!

[Parkyurkarkas]

The creepiest of sinister giggles

[glimmer2158]

The guy's lucky Norman Bates didn't open the door.

[lukeandalli]

I too am here b/c I just read the passage in "Big Driver.".

[TimeQueenofRome]

Those last few seconds always remind me of "Mr. Monk Buys a House."

[flashkaput]

Yikes. 

[SuperHartline]

My mom took me to see this when it came out. She thought it might scar me for life. Maybe it did. Anyway, Warner Bros. did a parody on Kiss of Death starring Daffy Duck in the Widmark role. This cartoon is so hilarious it requires wearing Depends. Somebody please find it. Superhartline

[internetcashcow1]

This is one of the greatest tunes ever. Totally thumbs up on the song and video.

[vincefave]

Wasn't that polly Holiday "Flo", froms mels diner?

[brothertee1017]

This and the scene where Tommy Udo smacks the waiter are the best scenes in the movie.

[jestersfrown]

Interestings points; but let's compare apples to apples rather than decades of movie brutality, and compare a post 1980's scene, which actually include stairs and an old woman, such as The Gremlins. Is this scene more BRUTAL than the scene in which the gremlins rigged that old woman's motorized chair to shoot up the stairs so fast that she was ejected through the 2nd story window? Is that scene comparable even though the woman went up the stairs rather than down? Yes, I'm being a smart ass!

[Useless2112]

Apologies for my poor use of commas there...

[SkynyrdMan77]

Like if Stephen King sent you.

[solna98]

2:03 ^^

[solna98]

2:04 ^^

[DefiniteMC]

Big Driver got me here, too.

No question about it, Full Dark is some of the best King in years.

[MoaiMaea]

You think so? I’m currently reading it and have only finished “1922” by the time I am writing this but the story was more like ... meh. I’m nearly done with “Big Driver”, too. I really hope that the other two stories are better. So far both motives seem made up out of thin air and the artistic realization wasn’t noteworthy either. Should the remaining ones be similar I’ll be disappointed of this collection.

[HenryvKeiper]

I saw this many years ago. I was just flipping channels, and what should I come across but this scene. I didn't know the movie, I didn't know who Richard Widmark was...but I knew that he had a freaky smile, a freaky laugh, and this entire scene was just brutal.

[lrthorne]

@dieSexyPunk:

Same here.....just got to that reference in Big Driver. Greetings back to Germany from Atlanta!

[dieSexyPunk]

Wow, how strange this is!

Im also here, because i wanted to see the man from Kings "big driver" :D

Greetings from germany to all King-Readers!!

[iamnotaplatypus]

HE'S BAD. HE'S REALLY BAD.

[2010mattyg]

i just got to this part in king's story. i'm afraid to read any spoiling comments

[pkneeno]

Thanks for the excellent upload. Widmark nostalgia often refers to this scene and it's pretty brutal as comment says. Amazing how scary it is without any special effect no blood, no gore just pure sadism.

[Franquay]

Yess King, Tess and Ramona Norville got me here in Al's F150, Thomas helped Guide me (in my own voice) LOL !!! for long love (the) KING of Horror !! xxx

[LudLow]

King got me here too!

[valentinolover70]

What happened to the laugh that comes after he pushes her down the stairs?

Loved Richard Widmark. Thanx for posting. :-))

[wightangel]

Yes hands up. Was reading Stephen king's "big driver" and my curiosity got the better of me. Richard Widmark was an top rated actor who never made it as big as he should of had.

[magx777]

king got me

[CaptainCama]

King forever !

[Janne5]

Thumbs up if Big Driver brought you here

[hestafesta]

@Janne5 Yes lol, Full Dark, No Stars!

[metalheart346]

@Janne5 Dammit beat me to it.

[fredfinks]

You like it, it likes you.

[jch1p]

Just read Stephen King's new book and just wanted to see how accurate his research was. Well, there you go! Great book by the way.

[NeonKnight1022]

After reading Big Driver I had to search this movie :P

[hatewheel]

King sent me. Squealers.

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! This is STILL one of the most shocking scenes in cinematic history. And to think this was the late great Richard Widmark's FIRST movie! His "Tommy Udo" is one of the greatest film villians of all time. THANKS for posting this memorable scene! Yep, he certainly does get PUSHY....much to Mildred Dunnock's dismay!

[stankerpooch]

this scene always makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside

[77jonno]

I too have just read Stephen Kings new book so decided to have a look at this particular Widmark scene. Love it.

[bollyBob1980]

Widmark made a superb villain; it was a shame this role garnered him his sole Oscar nomination. While this was not his only villainous turn, he spent much of his career essaying caricatures that embodied American values & institutions. The positive was that a fine actor was always in demand; the negative was that we were not always privy to his true capabilities. Thank you kindly for your efforts.

[evilcritter]

I can't imagine I'm the only one who came here after reading Stephen King's new book. Widmark sounds like a lovely man in real life.

[derail14]

There is a hag like that in my apt building and she needs the same thing, Just a mean ornery bastard, But in real life widmark was a very kind person & a liberal dem too..

[MarthaDelios]

@derail14

What is so terrible about this helpless woman's wanting to protect her son from this thug (chillingly portrayed by the great RW)? Why do you call her a hag (reproducing the fictional thug's vocabulary) in your rush to indulge your blind aggression against your (very real) neighbour? I hope this burst remain at the level of an infantile fantasy of violence, and your neighbour is safe.

[ttlms]

Widmark's first movie. His memorable portrayal of a brutal thug put him on the map for good. Nominated for the Oscar and won the Golden Globe. I also liked him in "Murder on the Orient Express".

[jhohcable]

Holy shit.

[Starfighterking]

Richard Widmark is one of the best American Actor of all Time.

[caltrof]

this guy rules

[skunkface24]

"Ya lyin' old hag." She won't do that again!

[Ceaaa22]

No wonder they rejected his audition for The Mickey Mouse Club.

[swans1997]

thankgoodness the old ladies today have LIFE-ALERT!

[DET832]

Great movie filmed in the Bronx and surrounding areas. Widmarks best.

[grabit1]

Widmark was a genius. If you think this was twisted, you should see hin in NO WAY OUT where his racist invective against Sidney Poitier (who became one of his closest friends) was simply out of control. Actor vs. real life person.

Thankfully, he told Daryl Zanyck that he didn't want to keep playing a creep his whole career, and Zanyck obliged him.

[burtonrules123]

man i gotta rent this movie, this looks so twisted!

[bsmack66]

That'w a sick f**ker.

[Fistwagon]

Now that's a badguy!

[hotdog2020]

He was so good at being bad!! What a great movie. What a great actor.

[kagasan2008]

Menacing.

[billthestinker]

the orginal cut had Widmark first spraying the old hag with the contents of her colostomy bag but the studio had it removed, too bad.

[shuttervox]

did she died?

[dbeasht]

this is a terrible advert for the stairomatic. This must have been inspiration for Dexter.

[Dillrod90]

Makes Hannibal look like a boy scout.

[Macroptiliummosaic]

One of the great movie villains. Richard Widmark basically invented the "giggling psychopath" character with this role.

[LateNightCable]

Tommy Udo! Ya sick bastid, lol. Easy on the hardwood floors.

[WorldEffigy]

She had it coming.

[atsidlm]

I just rewatched the whole movie today

[reddheddjedd77]

Class-sick !

[burtonrules123]

LOL!

[Rickh611]

Richard Widmark was a great actor and this role proved it.

[luridplanet]

Widmark had the scariest, most evil smile sometimes. Like a grinning skull lol

[KWFurlong]

C'mon people, you came here to see this don't be talking about mean Tommy. Don't ya love it.

[gzyv15a]

I love Tommy Udo. Such a tough guy.

[LoneTinaja]

I first saw Kiss of Death when I was a kid

in the 1950's. I started using the Tommy

Udo wicked laugh (or as close as I could

get to it ) around the house a lot. My

parents & especially my big sister quickly

grew weary of it & insisted that I stop.

[billyguns2]

The craziest, baddest villain I ever saw in a film noir; this scene always freezes my blood!

[chasebizzy]

I wish they had cast an actual old woman.

[sweetheart815]

That was back when they had them heavy wheelchairs. Not like those light ones you kids have today.

[TrajanaFortis]

All my life I would hear my father quoting Richard Widmark's lines from this scene. I miss them both; they were from a world fast disappearing.

[Garcia42]

Widmark was the greatest. And a longgggggg acting career. Made a lot of pretty good movies.

But here as TommY Udo, he was the devil playing satan in Dante's black and white inferno.

[muggen83]

That was so f-ing funny

[TCall2004]

No, it wasn't funny.

It was chilling, but funny? Only a sick human being would consider this funny.

[deinse81]

That was a little mean... but then again, her kid was a "squealer".

[myena33]

Another person inspired by Widmark's character was none other than mafia boss Crazy Joey Gallo.

[SubwayHypes]

awesome

[forloveoffilm]

I always wanted to grow up to be just like him.

Oh well. I didn't make.

[gqjohnny]

A number of actors used this Widmark character for inspiration, Frank Gorshin's Riddler for example. Eli Wallach does in a guy in a wheelchair in The Lineup 1958.

[samarratube]

Una de las mejores escenas que vi en mi vida! Esos eran gangsters...

[cacalasch]

I seem to remember another old movie with a similar scene - but with the wheelchair-bound woman being dumped off a cliff. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

[light2211]

What an evil little giggle he had, so believable in a frightening psychopathic way... Brilliant acting on the part of Mr. Widmark.

[oysterjoe]

I wish I had this guy working for me. I could spend most of my time at Peets Coffee. What a collection agent he would make!

[Useless2112]

Phew - even by today's standards thats brutal - I can hardly believe this comes from 1947.

[dapoetmaster]

For it's time it was pretty harsh but it definately established Widmark's evil personna in this film & made it all the more satisfying when Mature finally traps him in the end.

Best scene tho is the one in the diner where Mature baits Widmark with insults.....knowing Widmark will come after him to kill him.

[atkm2891]

@Useless2112 today's standards? If they did that in a movie today, feminist/elderly/handicap groups would lobby to ban it. If it wasn't banned, then they would boicot it and protest the opening shows. That's what this country has come down to. A politically correct wasteland of mediocrity and white, straight, male guilt. The 50s were the good ol' days when women stayed at home, and blacks weren't allowed in the same pool as whites...Okay, that last part is a joke.....

[MoaiMaea]

How is this brutal by today’s standards? I could see why you might call it “merciless” since you seldom see persons with disabilities being subjected to violence in modern movies but brutal? I can’t understand that.

[Useless2112]

@MoaiMaea Gee, I guess I must be in a minority of people who think it's brutal to tie up a disabled woman then push her down the stairs. I'm sorry you "can't understand that", I'll explain it more clearly next time.

[MoaiMaea]

If you weren’t so daft then you might have noticed that I wasn’t contesting the claim that his action is brutal but that it is brutal in comparison to today’s standards in cinema.

[Useless2112]

@MoaiMaea No you didn't you asked how it was brutal by today's standards. If you're asking about whether what is depicted on the screen is as brutal (and/or graphic) as what is depicted in some modern day films then the answer is more complex, because on the one hand films like the 'Saw' series depict extremely graphic violence, but on the other, modern day films would rarely present something as clinically as this, which is what I think gives the brutality its power.

[MoaiMaea]

Me: “How is this brutal by today’s standards?”

You: “No you didn't you asked how it was brutal by today's standards.”

For fuck’s sake, learn to read.

[Useless2112]

@MoaiMaea A round of applause for Mr. Opacity. Seeing as how you stopped at my first sentence (like an idiot) I'll rephrase everything I've already written into simple, digestible terms. If you don't think the action commited is brutal by today's standards then you have a point, as we regularly see scenes of torture etc. However, its depiction is far more brutal than most anything else we see, including the torture genre. Is this really so hard to comprehend, or are you just being childish?

[MoaiMaea]

You appear to contradict yourself. The action isn’t brutal in comparison but its depiction is? Not only do I fail to understand this but I also can’t relate to this sentiment. Previously you called the presentation of this scene clinical, right? Is that because of the lack of a score and the few, unemotional shots?

If that is indeed what you mean then I have to disagree with that. I know many post-1980 movies that did the exact same thing with the depiction of even more violent acts.

[Weasler455]

True story: Real life Brooklyn mobster

Joey Gallo was so impressed by

Widmark's performance in this film,

he actually tried to imitate his style.

[woopie09]

Before Norman Bates there was evil.

[JSG1951]

There's a similar scene in "The Evil 3" of Adventures of Superman where an old lady gets pushed down a ramp in the series 1st season in 1951.This is an unforgettable scene.thanks

[swangonce]

He was pretty evil in No Way Out in 1950. Slapping Linda Darnell around, repeatedly calling Sidney Poitier a "nigger". That was not a word you heard on screen back then. Nice guy - He kept apologizing to Poitier off screen.

He and SP did three films together - BEDFORD INCIDENT (real good!) and THE LONG SHIPS (never saw it). From 1950 - 1965 - good team!

[aitch3]

How did this ever make it past the censors!?

[dapoetmaster]

It made it past the censors I guess because morally, he suffers & pays for the deed within the film's storyline.

[aitch3]

Prob. so. It was just so graphic for the time--and it holds up today!

[shniggle99]

greatest and one of the most famous scenes/performances/actors you will EVER SEE.

[kentsilverfour]

is just the chair down the staris? I think there's no dummy or false body

[sclogse1]

Missed his shot pushing Dick Cheney down.....

[flynndj88]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[albertoillustration]

too bad the sound is so low

[incrediblehulkmovies]

Like Ed Norton this was his first movie and also like Norton he got an oscar nod for it.

[barflewk]

This was Widmark's first film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the giggling psychopath part of Tommy Udo. This scene was famous and talked about for years.

[fun2cagain]

Great scene. We don't see the woman's face right away - so the audience's empathy is delayed until Widmark pushes her down the stairs !

[starlaner]

What a A-hole!

[currancom]

that was horrid!

[capixie]

I wonder if Heath Ledger drew inspiration from this when he played the Joker.

[Kidprodigy07]

i was thinking the same exact thing

[SandraHoffmann23]

Grand stuff, dude!

By the way... this scene is referred to in Stephen King´s "The Green Mile" (the novel, not the film, that is) to characterise William Wharton.

Never understimate the power of useless side information. Might save your life, some time!

[steambadger]

Is that John McCain? I didn't know he was ever in film!

[shortyg53]

Richard Widmark!

[LibertadorMG]

What a scene!

[nativesun]

There are people of that era who never forgave

Richard Widmark THE PERSON for that scene.

Classic, Brutal stuff.

Widmark, legend that he is, is still underrated in my opinion. Remember his work in "Time Limit"? Great Stuff.

[baldpipeguy]

Haven't we all known an old lady in a wheelchair we felt like pushing down the stairs? I think the old woman had it coming!

[railwayman]

my dad saw this movie at the theater when it first came out when he was a kid; this scene in the movie here freaked and shocked everyone out back then!

[Eltamir]

In Vancouver, B. C., we have a mayor in a wheelchair named Sam Sullivan. What a delightfully evil thought!

[cbfoto]

If one looks carefully, you can see that there is nobody actually in the wheelchair when it crashes down the stairs!!

[stellalumas]

He was so great, and I'd heard about this scene, and not seen the movie, but I extra wanted to hear his goofy laugh, that he always had. It was cut off before. Thanks for post.

[seka1986]

Tommy Udo for president!

[CanadaFamilyMan]

Of what country?

[seka1986]

CANADA!

[CanadaFamilyMan]

Now THAT'S FUNNY!!!!!!!:)

[espouse]

Great actor.

It is good to see that 61 years after this movie was released, he is still so well thought of.

RIP Richard.

[Dundas1991]

Grrrr... This scene is brutal. Widmark is my favourite actor.

[genep12]

guy got a lot of balls

[brandonnines]

Una larga vida y una larga carrera para un excelente actor. Descansa en paz Richard!!! From Spain...

[mary32724]

When I was young, you were my favorite actor.

i feel that part of me has died with your passing.

Thanks for the memories.

[greenstboy]

One of the most memorable scenes ever. Bye Richard!

[mecavive]

From Spain....thanks Richard!

[Eltamir]

I remember an old Innersanctum radio drama called "Elixir #4" where he murders a professer who discovered the secret of perpetual life. He injects the syrum, gets caught and is sent to the pennetentury for the rest of his natural life; which means forever!

[33winterbirds]

Goodbye Richard. You were one of my favorites. You range of characters and you good looks made you one of the most vesitile actors of all time. R.I.P.

[TimelordR]

Fare thee well, Richard Widmark.

[fongfongy]

FINISH HER!! ....

fatality