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Kiss Me Deadly

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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 19

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Hard-hitting detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) takes on thugs and atomic secrets in Robert Aldrich's fast-paced thriller KISS ME DEADLY, an adaptation of the Mickey Spillane novel. The night goes awry for Hammer soon after he picks up... Hard-hitting detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) takes on thugs and atomic secrets in Robert Aldrich's fast-paced thriller KISS ME DEADLY, an adaptation of the Mickey Spillane novel. The night goes awry for Hammer soon after he picks up a scantily clad hitchhiker (Cloris Leachman). The next thing he knows, he's assaulted by a couple of goons and the sultry drifter turns up dead. As Hammer tracks down the murderers, he realizes he is involved in an international conspiracy--one that could cost him his life. Generally considered to be the best of the many films centering on Spillane's classic protagonist and lauded as a primary inspiration and building block for the French Nouvelle Vague, KISS ME DEADLY boasts nightmarish imagery, a careening, sinuous plot, and an unforgettable shock ending. [More]

Starring: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Cloris Leachman

Starring: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Cloris Leachman, Maxine Cooper, Gaby Rodgers, Jack Elam, Strother Martin, Jack Lambert

Director: Robert Aldrich

Director: Robert Aldrich
Screenwriter: A. I. Bezzerides
Producer: Robert Aldrich
Composer: Frank DeVol

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Release:

Jun 19, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterboxed - 1.66

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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02/29/08
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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Dazzling film noir masterpiece.

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08/09/07
Michael E. Grost
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06/24/06
Mark Kermode
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05/30/06
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Never was Mike Hammer's name more fitting than in Kiss Me Deadly, Robert Aldrich's blisteringly nihilistic noir.

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05/01/06
Nick Schager
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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
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06/15/05
Emanuel Levy
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It's not the greatest thriller ever, but Kiss Me Deadly is classic film noir.

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04/15/05
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01/07/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
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Best exemplifies a curious cross between "art" and pulp fiction.

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12/26/04
Dennis Schwartz
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05/29/04
Andy Klein
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Intriguing cold war thriller. Meeker was born to play Mike Hammer.

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05/23/04
Dan Lybarger
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...maybe the most subversive of all films noir, encompassing everything from atomic femme fatales to masculinity amok and the Bomb.

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05/14/04
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05/14/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
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Perversely fascinating and completely unsettling.

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08/27/03
Ken Hanke
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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As volatile and disturbing today as it was some 50 years ago, Kiss Me Deadly consistently surprises with its uncompromising content.

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07/25/03
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09/11/02
Philip Martin
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08/08/02
John J. Puccio
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It's a B-picture. Still, no amount of badly post-synchronized dialogue can mask the technical and aesthetic prowess that Aldrich shows here.

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07/24/02
Jeremy Heilman
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