Kiss Me Deadly( 1955)

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Blood red kisses! White hot thrills! Mickey Spillane’s latest H-bomb!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ralph Meeker
Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker
Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart
Carl Evello
Juano Hernández
Eddie Yeager
Wesley Addy
Lt. Pat Murphy
Marian Carr
Friday
Maxine Cooper
Velda
Cloris Leachman
Christina Bailey
Gaby Rodgers
Lily Carver
Nick Dennis
Nick
Jack Lambert
Sugar Smallhouse
Jack Elam
Charlie Max
Jerry Zinneman
Sammy
Leigh Snowden
Cheesecake
Percy Helton
Doc Kennedy
Marjorie Bennett
Manager
Strother Martin
Harvey Wallace
John George
Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
Fortunio Bonanova
Carmen Trivago
Nat King Cole
Self - Singer (voice)
Kitty White
Club Vocalist
Mady Comfort
Nightclub Singer
Art Loggins
Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Sherman
Gas Station Man (uncredited)
Eddie Beal
Sideman (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)
Mort Marshall
Ray Diker
James McCallion
Horace
Robert Cornthwaite
FBI Agent
Silvio Minciotti
Mover
Ben Morris
Radio Announcer
Paul Richards
Attacker
Jesslyn Fax
Horace's Wife
James Seay
FBI Agent
Sam Balter
Radio Announcer (voice)
Joe Hernandez
Radio Announcer (voice)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Tue Mar 03 2020

Yesterday I was looking for a thread, today I'm looking for a piece of string. Mike Hammer is driving down a dark highway when a half naked blonde forces him to stop, this event sends Hammer spiralling on a journey that may have a cataclysmic consequence for all involved. Kiss Me Deadly is a harsh movie, it contains an array of characters that are dislikable in the extreme, nobody can be trusted, and everyone on the surface appears to be selfish in their respective motivations. Taking in torture, murder, violence on tap, and a wonderful mystery plot, it's not hard to see why the film has...