Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

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

Movie · Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 1h 46m · Rated 7.2/10 on TMDB · Released April 28, 1955

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.

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Cast

• Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer
• Albert Dekker as Dr. G.E. Soberin
• Paul Stewart as Carl Evello
• Juano Hernández as Eddie Yeager
• Wesley Addy as Lt. Pat Murphy
• Marian Carr as Friday
• Maxine Cooper as Velda
• Cloris Leachman as Christina Bailey
• Gaby Rodgers as Lily Carver
• Nick Dennis as Nick
• Jack Lambert as Sugar Smallhouse
• Jack Elam as Charlie Max

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