Joan Fontaine (Ivy) and Burt Lancaster (The Swimmer) play lovers on the run in the smog of post-war London in the shocking film noir classic Kiss the Blood Off My Hands.

When traumatised Canadian ex-prisoner of war Bill Saunders (Lancaster) kills a pub landlord in a fight, he seeks sanctuary with a nurse, Jane (Fontaine). Soon, Jane falls in love with Bill, even as he descends further into the criminal underworld...

Directed in atmospheric fashion by Orson Welles’ protégé Norman Foster (Journey Into Fear), and scripted by Ben Maddow (Framed), Kiss the Blood Off My Hands caused controversy upon its initial release, and continues to shock with its depiction of cruelty even today.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2019 restoration from a 2K scan
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film historian Josh Nelson (2022)
• The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978, 63 mins): archival audio recording of the much-loved star in conversation with film critic Martin Shawcross at London’s National Film Theatre
• United Action Means Victory (1939, 37 mins): documentary about the 1938–39 General Motors strike, with narration written by Kiss the Blood Off My Hands screenwriter Ben Maddow
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing