Sweet Kill (1972)

Interesting facts

• Budget: $130K

Sweet Kill is a 1973 B-movie written and directed by Curtis Hanson. The film was Hanson's directorial debut and was executive-produced by Roger Corman. It stars Tab Hunter and was the last film of actress Isabel Jewell.

Production

Curtis Hanson got to know Roger Corman while doing re-writes on The Dunwich Horror (1970), which Corman had helped finance. Corman had a track record of giving opportunities to first time directors and was setting up his own distribution company, New World Pictures.

Hanson wrote the script originally with the killer as a female. Corman liked it but felt it was "a little too different" for the killer to be female so asked she be turned male.

The producer, Tamara Asseyev, was Corman's former assistant.

According to Hanson, the film cost $130,000 and Corman was supposed to put up two-thirds of the money. A couple of weeks before filming started Hanson says Corman "reneged on the deal and said he would only put up one-third of the money. My producing partner and I had to raise the other two-thirds. To show how foolhardy I was, I went to my parents and persuaded them to put a mortgage on their home in order to finance this film."

In November 1970, Tab Hunter signed to make the film. Isabelle Jewel, Cherie Latimer and Rita Murrie were also cast. At this stage the film was called A Kiss for Eddie.

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