Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film)
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine, known for its dark postwar London setting and themes of desperation and redemption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8408549 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film) Context triple: [Robert Newton, notableWork, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film)]
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A.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
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B.
Gilda
Gilda is a classic 1946 American film noir starring Rita Hayworth in one of her most iconic roles.
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C.
White Heat
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
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D.
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film, directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, renowned for its expressionistic style and haunting portrayal of a murderous preacher.
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E.
Killer Kane
Killer Kane is a notorious villain from the Buck Rogers science fiction series, often portrayed as a ruthless dictator and primary antagonist.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film) Target entity description: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine, known for its dark postwar London setting and themes of desperation and redemption.
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A.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
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B.
Gilda
Gilda is a classic 1946 American film noir starring Rita Hayworth in one of her most iconic roles.
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C.
White Heat
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
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D.
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film, directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, renowned for its expressionistic style and haunting portrayal of a murderous preacher.
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E.
Killer Kane
Killer Kane is a notorious villain from the Buck Rogers science fiction series, often portrayed as a ruthless dictator and primary antagonist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Bernard Herzbrun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maurice Ransford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Gerald Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Bill Saunders – Burt Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jane Wharton – Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Russell Metty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Vera West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Norman Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal-International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Edward Curtiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bill Saunders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jane Wharton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hans J. Salter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | ex-soldier involved in accidental killing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark postwar London atmosphere
ⓘ
performance of Burt Lancaster ⓘ performance of Joan Fontaine ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Burt Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harold Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Norma Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | October 1948 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 79 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Leonard Lee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| settingTime | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| starring |
Burt Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
desperation
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postwar trauma ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| title | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film) Description of subject: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine, known for its dark postwar London setting and themes of desperation and redemption.
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