Dead Person Impersonation: In the 1991 film, Jonathan murders the driver who picks him up while hitchhiking and assumes his identity.Truth in Television-most people planning to kill themselves generally don't do something like this. Conviction by Counterfactual Clue: Aside from the fact that she wasn't known to be suicidal, Ellen is convinced that Dorothy didn't kill herself because she had just bought a new outfit.Cartwright Curse: Thor Carlsson has a family version of this-he's outlived his wife, his son, and one of his daughters (two if you count the third sister in the book).It ends with him chasing Ellen on to those same tracks-and being hit by one of those trains. Bookends: The 1991 film begins with Jonathan as a boy staring out of his window at the Carlsson freight trains passing, obviously fueling his obsession with marrying into the family.
Adapted Out: The third sister Marion, in both films.In this version, Dorothy is killed by Jonathan during the first few minutes of the film, and at the end, Jonathan is run over by a train after Ellen learns the truth. Matt Dillon plays Jonathan Corliss, while Sean Young plays twins Ellen and Dorothy Carlsson. The second, made in 1991 and directed by James Dearden, is completely different, though it eliminates the third sister as well. This version eliminates the third sister Marion. The first, made in 1956 and directed by Gerd Oswald, stars Robert Wagner as Bud, Virginia Leith as Ellen, and Joanne Woodward as Dorothy. Bud's deception is eventually revealed and falls to his death into a vat of molten copper. He then dates the last of the sisters, Marion.
When Ellen finds out that he murdered Dorothy, Bud kills Ellen. He then hooks up with Dorothy's sister Ellen.
Once she finds out she's pregnant with his child, Bud kills Dorothy and makes it look like a suicide. The book is about a young man named Bud Corliss who meets Dorothy Kingship, the daughter of a wealthy copper tycoon. A Kiss Before Dying is a 1953 novel written by Ira Levin.
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