Kiss Me Deadly (1955) ( Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly )

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Aldrich

Written By:
A.I. Bezzerides
Mickey Spillane

Actors:
Albert Dekker ..... Dr. G.E. Soberin
Cloris Leachman ..... Christina Bailey
Gaby Rodgers ..... Gabrielle
Jack Elam ..... Charlie Max
Jack Lambert ..... Sugar Smallhouse
Jerry Zinneman ..... Sammy
Juano Hernandez ..... Eddie Yeager
Leigh Snowden ..... Cheesecake
Marian Carr ..... Friday
Maxine Cooper ..... Velda
Nick Dennis ..... Nick
Paul Stewart ..... Carl Evello
Percy Helton ..... Doc Kennedy
Ralph Meeker ..... Mike Hammer
Wesley Addy ..... Lt. Pat Murphy

Synopsis:

Tough L.A. private eye Mike Hammer gives a ride to Christina, a frightened young woman he finds running along the road one night. His car is run off the road by unseen thugs. Hammer is knocked out and Christina is tortured in an unsuccessful attempt to get information from her. They are put back into Hammer's car which then is forced off a cliff. Hammer wakes up in the hospital. Velda, his trusty secretary, informs him that Christina is dead. Pat Chambers, Mike's policeman friend, tells him to stay off the case, but Mike thinks it might be a big story--meaning big money for him--because the FBI is interested. He, Velda, and Nick, his garage mechanic friend, start investigating in hopes of finding out why Christina was killed.

A frightened woman is running barefoot on a highway, trying desperately to flag a car. After several cars pass her by, the woman sees another car approaching, and to make sure either the car stops - or, she's killed, she stands in the path of an on-coming car. Private Investigator Mike Hammer is the one at the wheel, and after almost hitting the woman, he tells her to get in. The woman's name is Christina Bailey.. She is obviously on the run, being barefoot and wearing nothing but a trench coat, and the scent of fear. Whoever was after her eventually catches up with them. Christina has information they want, but dies while being questioned. The killers fake an accident by pushing Hammer's car off the road, but, he survives, waking up in hospital two weeks later. As Mike starts to investigate Christina's death, he's told by the police to stay out of it, but, the hard-nosed PI proceeds anyways. Little did he know that Christina's secret would lead to death and destruction.

After trying to rescue a fleeing girl on the road one night, lowlife detective Mike Hammer is drawn into investigating first a murder, then the whereabouts of a mysterious box that seems to have prompted the crime. The contents of the box - the great whatsit - are being sought by atomic age spies as well as by Hammer.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 16 March, 2016.