Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

  • NR
  • 04/20/1955 (US)
  • Mystery, Thriller, Crime
  • 1h 46m

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.

Robert Aldrich

Director

Mickey Spillane

Novel

A.I. Bezzerides

Screenplay

Cast

Ralph Meeker's headshot

Ralph Meeker

Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker's headshot

Albert Dekker

Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart's headshot

Paul Stewart

Carl Evello
Juano Hernández's headshot

Juano Hernández

Eddie Yeager
Wesley Addy's headshot

Wesley Addy

Lt. Pat Murphy
Marian Carr's headshot

Marian Carr

Friday
Maxine Cooper's headshot

Maxine Cooper

Velda
Cloris Leachman's headshot

Cloris Leachman

Christina Bailey

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