Kiss Me Deadly
“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.
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Cast
36 people
Ralph Meeker
Mike Hammer
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Albert Dekker
Dr. G.E. Soberin
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The Wild Bunch
The Killers
Paul Stewart
Carl Evello
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Citizen Kane
In Cold Blood
Juano Hernandez
Eddie Yeager
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Sergeant Rutledge
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Wesley Addy
Lt. Pat Murphy
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Network
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Marian Carr
Friday
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Maxine Cooper
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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Cloris Leachman
Christina Bailey
Known for
The Croods
The Iron Giant
Gaby Rodgers
Lily Carver
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The Big Break
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Nick Dennis
Nick
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Jack Lambert
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The Killers
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Jack Elam
Charlie Max
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Robert Aldrich Director · A.I. Bezzerides Screenplay Mickey Spillane Author
Worldwide gross $726K · Budget $410K · United States release April 28, 1955
Box office
Budget
$410,000
Worldwide gross
$726,000
Gross vs. budget
1.8×
Production
Parklane Pictures Inc.
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 20, 1955
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · April 28, 1955
Theatrical
United States
May 18, 1955 · Theatrical · Los Angeles
France
September 7, 1955 · Theatrical
Germany
July 6, 1956 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 2, 2008 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
June 25, 1955 · Theatrical
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