On this day in movie history - Kiss of Death (1947):

Kiss of Death

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer,

based on a story by Eleazar Lipsky,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1947.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith, Karl Malden, Robert Adler, Rollin Bauer, Harry Bellaver, Dennis Bohan, Nina Borget, Susan Cabot, Alexander Campbell, Harry Carter, Dort Clark, Eva Condon, Harry Cooke, Harold Crane, Frank DeKova, James Doody, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Foran Jr., David Fresco, Harold Gary, Don Giovanni, Marilee Grassini, James Charles Heard, Eda Heinemann, Lou Herbert, Herbert Holcombe, Arthur Holland, Harry Kadison, Robert Karnes, Ronald King, Arthur Kramer, John Kullers, Harry Landers, Perc Launders, Franklyn Lenthall, Paul Lilly, Pat Malone, Iris Mann, John Marley, Gregg Martell, Charles McClelland, Norman McKay, Richard Midgley, Carl Milletaire, Millard Mitchell, Mary Morrison, Consuela O'Connor, Gloria O'Connor, William O'Leary, Wendell K. Phillips, Yvonne Rob, Stephen Roberts, Anthony Ross, Mel Ruick, Jack Rutherford, Lee Sanford, Bernard Sell, George Shelton, Irene Shirley, J. Scott Smart, A. George Smith, John Stearns, Richard Taber, Victor Thorley, Lawrence Tiernan, Tito Vuolo, Milton Wallace, Jesse White, Bill Zuckert.

Born on this day – Maria Rohm:

Maria Rohm

Actress

Producer

August 13, 1945 – June 18, 2018

Born on this day – Dan Ziskie:

Dan Ziskie

Actor

Photographer

August 13, 1944 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

24 (2006); A Year in the Life (1988); ABC Afterschool Specials (1981); Absolute Strangers (1991); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); American Playhouse (1981); As the World Turns (1991–2010); Bad Company (2002); Blindspot (2016); Blue Bloods (2017); Carly's Web (1987); Chappelle's Show (2004); Concussion (2015); Cupid (2009); Dangerous Passion (1990); DEA (1991); Dead Canaries (2003); Dong Jing shen pan (2006); Easy Street (1987); Ed (2002–2003); Eight Below (2006); Elementary (2016); Emunah (2016); ER (1999); Ghostwriter (1992–1993); Gossip Girl (2007–2010); Gotham (2015); Highway to Heaven (1987); Home Free (1988); Hope & Faith (2003); House of Cards (2013–2017); House of Cards: Politics for the Sake of Politics (2014); Hunter (1987); Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Isn't She Great (2000); Key Exchange (1985); Kinsey (2004); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); L.A. Law (1987–1989); Last Holiday (2006); Law & Order (1995–2006); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002–2007); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001–2003); Line of Fire (2004); Louie (2010); Madam Secretary (2018); Mercy (2016); Murphy Brown (1989); NCIS (2005); New York, I Love You (2008); Newhart (1987); Nova (2015 / 2017); NYPD Blue (2005); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Paper Dolls (1984); Person of Interest (2012); Prince of Central Park (2000); Prism (2015); Quantum Leap (1990); Queens Supreme (2003); Remington Steele (1986); Satan's Little Helper (2004); Sex and the City (2002); Shades of Blue (2018); Show Me a Hero (2015); Snoops (1989); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Sons and Daughters (1991); St. Elsewhere (1987); Step Up 3D (2010); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Texas (1981); The Bite (2021); The Blacklist (2014); The Edge of Night (1980); The Equalizer (1987); The Firm (1983); The Good Wife (2013); The Jackal (1997); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The Necklace (2019); The Practice (1999); The Reawakening (2004); The Rebound (2009); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The West Wing (2003); Third Watch (2001); Thirteen Days (2000); Treme (2011–2013); Trinity (1998); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); Twisted (1985); Ugly Betty (2009); Undermind (2003); Vital Signs (1990); War of the Worlds (2005); WIOU (1990); Zebrahead (1992); Zero Hour (2013).

Born on this day – Sabine Sesselmann:

Sabine Sesselmann

Actress

August 13, 1936 – March 1, 1998

Credits:

Alarm für Dora X (1962); Aufruhr im Schlaraffenland (1957); Brücke des Schicksals (1960); Coffin from Hong Kong (1964); Court Martial (1959); Daphnis und Chloe (1957); Darf ich mitspielen? (1958); Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960); Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee (1959); Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau (1964); Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1958); Freddy, die Gitarre und das Meer (1959); Information Received (1961); Le Bossu (1959); Liebe kann wie Gift sein (1958); Luftsprünge (1970); Morgen wirst du um mich weinen (1959); Naked in the Night (1958); SOKO München (1996); The Devil's Daffodil (1961); The Door with Seven Locks (1962); U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958).

Born on this day – Neville Brand:

Neville Brand

Actor

August 13, 1920 – April 16, 1992

Credits:

5ive Minutes with Marilyn (2007); Adventures of Nick Carter (1972); Alcatraz Express (1960); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); All the King's Men (1958); Angels' Brigade (1979); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Arrest and Trial (1964); Backtrack! (1969); Badman's Country (1958); Barbary Coast (1975); Baretta (1977); Battleground (1949); Ben Casey (1963); Benjy (1951); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955); Bonanza (1960–1971); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Cain's Hundred (1962); Captains and the Kings (1976); Captains Courageous (1977); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1956–1957); Combat! (1964); Compression (2023); Cry Terror! (1958); D.O.A. (1949); Daniel Boone (1967); Death Stalk (1975); Death Valley Days (1962); Destry (1964); Eaten Alive (1976); Evils of the Night (1985); Fantasy Island (1980); Fire (1977); Five Days from Home (1978); Five Gates to Hell (1959); Flame of Araby (1951); Footlights Theater (1952); Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956); General Electric Theater (1953–1958); Gun Brothers (1956); Gun Fury (1953); Gunsmoke (1965); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1982); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hero's Island (1962); Hi-Riders (1978); Hitched (1971); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1957); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); Kansas City Confidential (1952); Killdozer (1974); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Kojak (1975); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1958); Laredo (1965–1967); Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971); Longstreet (1972); Love Me Tender (1956); Man Crazy (1953); Man from Atlantis (1977); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Marriage: Year One (1971); McCloud (1972–1975); Mobile One (1975); Mohawk (1956); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Name Is Buck: A Look Back at 'Eaten Alive' (2006); Naked City (1962); No Place to Run (1972); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Only the Valiant (1951); Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre (1973); Philbin's People (1970); Playhouse 90 (1957); Police Story (1975); Police Woman (1975); Port of New York (1949); Prince Valiant (1954); Psychic Killer (1975); Pursuit (1958); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Raw Edge (1956); Rawhide (1960–1963); Red Mountain (1951); Return from the Sea (1954); Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954); Rogue for Hire (1960–1961); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1958); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Stage 7 (1955); Stalag 17 (1953); Straightaway (1961); Studio One (1955); Suspense (1964); Swiss Family Robinson (1976); Target (1958); Tarzan (1968); That Darn Cat! (1965); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Bigelow Theatre (1950); The Charge at Feather River (1953); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Deadly Trackers (1973); The Desperados (1969); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Gator Creator with Tobe Hooper (2007); The George Raft Story (1961); The Joey Bishop Show (1962); The Last Sunset (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lonely Man (1957); The Mad Bomber (1973); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Magician (1973); The Man Behind the Star (1973); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Mob (1951); The Mouse and His Child (1977); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Prodigal (1955); The Quest (1976); The Return (1980); The Return of Jack Slade (1955); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Seekers (1979); The Smith Family (1971); The Texan (1958); The Three Outlaws (1956); The Tin Star (1957); The Turning Point (1952); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1959–1960); The Untouchables (1959–1961); The Virginian (1965–1970); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Way to the Gold (1957); This Is a Hijack (1973); Three Guns for Texas (1968); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Two for the Money (1972); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Wagon Train (1964); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Without Warning (1980); Your Favorite Story (1953); Zane Grey Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Claudia McNeil:

Claudia McNeil

Actress

August 13, 1917 – November 25, 1993

Born on this day – John Beal:

John Beal

Actor

August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997