She first glimpses her "Prince Charming," the rich, handsome and unpretentious Arthur Russell (Fred MacMurray), "some sort of cousin to the Palmer family," as he is greeted by Mildred at the front door." The President""s advisors suggested that if the news became public, they could defuse it by downplaying the President""s association with Hardin.When Gruber realized that Ellis was lying and didn""t really know McClane, Ellis was summarily shot dead.Its posters heralded:BLOOD-RED KISSES, WHITE-HOT THRILLS!Kiss Me Deadlyis rich with symbolic allusions, labyrinthine and complex plot threads, and Cold War fear and nuclear paranoia about the atomic bomb.(He attempts o kiss her hand)Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims"" hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers"" kiss.