Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Blood red kisses! White hot thrills! Mickey Spillane’s latest H-bomb!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 46m
- Director Robert Aldrich
- Genres Crime Mystery Thriller
- Rating 7.2/10 (419 votes)
Synopsis
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
Cast
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Ralph Meeker
as Mike Hammer
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Albert Dekker
as Dr. G.E. Soberin
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Paul Stewart
as Carl Evello
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Juano Hernández
as Eddie Yeager
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Wesley Addy
as Lt. Pat Murphy
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Marian Carr
as Friday
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Maxine Cooper
as Velda
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Cloris Leachman
as Christina Bailey
- Gaby Rodgers as Lily Carver
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Nick Dennis
as Nick
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Jack Lambert
as Sugar Smallhouse
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Jack Elam
as Charlie Max
- Jerry Zinneman as Sammy
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Leigh Snowden
as Cheesecake
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Percy Helton
as Doc Kennedy
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Marjorie Bennett
as Manager
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Strother Martin
as Harvey Wallace
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John George
as Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
Crew
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Robert Aldrich
Director
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Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
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Michael Luciano
Editor
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Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
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Robert Aldrich
Producer
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A.I. Bezzerides
Screenplay
