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Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Directed by Robert Aldrich

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

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Crime , Mystery , Thriller
Production Companies United Artists , Parklane Pictures Inc.
Budget $410,000
Revenue $726,000
Release Date 28 April 1955
106 mins
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
Cloris Leachman Christina Bailey
Gaby Rodgers Lily Carver
Jack Lambert Sugar Smallhouse
Jack Elam Charlie Max
Leigh Snowden Cheesecake
Percy Helton Doc Kennedy
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
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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