Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Norman Foster starring Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine and Robert Newton based on a novel of the same name by Gerald Bulter.
It was the first film made by Hecht and Lancaster's production company, Norma Productions.
Gerald Butler (author)
Gerald Butler( July 31, 1907 – February 1, 1988) was an English crime, mystery, thriller and pulp writer and screenwriter.
He was born on July 31, 1907 and worked as a chemist prior to becoming a novelist.
He later worked as a director of an advertising firm.
He was sometimes referred to as the English James M. Cain.
He was thirty- three years old when his first novel," Kiss the Blood Off My Hands", was published in 1940 by Jarrolds Publishing.
" Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" became a best- seller and by 1945, it had sold over 232,000 copies in England alone( all during war- time).
In 1945, American publishers Farrar& Rinehart, were the first to publish one of Butler's novels outside of England.
Their first release of Butler's work was his 1943 novel," Their Rainbow Had Black Edges", issued under the title" Dark Rainbow".
Farrar& Rinehart went on to publish four more of his novels for the American market, between 1946 and 1951.
Following the publication of his first four novels, Eagle- Lion Films bought the film rights to" Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" in 1946, hoping to turn it into a Robert Donat film.
After the option expired, the novel's film rights were sold to actor- turned- producer Burt Lancaster and his business partner Harold Hecht in mid-1947.
The film was the first project for Lancaster's new production company, Norma Productions, and hit the screens in October 1948.
The film starred Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster and Robert Newton and was released in some markets under the names" The Unafraid" or" Blood on My Hands", due to censor issues.
Meanwhile, producer/ director Mario Zampi approached Butler in 1947 to collaborate on a film noir thriller," The Fatal Night".
Butler adapted Michael Arlen's famous short story," The Gentleman From America" into a screenplay for the film which was released in April 1948.
Butler and Zampi collaborated again a year later for the Zampi- produced" Third Time Lucky", Butler's screen adaptation of his own novel" They Cracked Her Glass Slipper".
The film was released in January 1949 and was directed by Gordon Parry.
A third Butler novel was turned into a film," Mad with Much Heart", released as" On Dangerous Ground".
It starred Ida Lupino( who was also an uncredited director) and Robert Ryan and was directed by Nicholas Ray.
This last film adaption was released in 1951, the same year that Butler's sixth novel," Blow Hot, Blow Cold", was published.
He withdrew from the writing industry for nearly twenty years before returning with his last novel," There Is a Death, Elizabeth", published in 1972.
He died sixteen years later.
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Norman Foster (director)
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He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney.
As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles ’ final film" The Other Side of the Wind".

Question: Which film has the director who is older than the other, Kiss The Blood Off My Hands or Screaming Mimi (Film)? 
Answer: Kiss The Blood Off My Hands