Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

04/28/1955 (US) • 1h 46m

Mystery, Thriller, Crime

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

Cloris Leachman

Christina Bailey

Gaby Rodgers

Lily Carver


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$410,000.00

Revenue

$726,000.00

Keywords

film noir

hitchhiker

beach house

convertable

private detective

mike hammer

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