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Kiss Me Deadly ()

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A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
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Mike Hammer
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Dr. G.E. Soberin
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Carl Evello
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Eddie Yeager
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Lt. Pat Murphy
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Friday (as Marion Carr)
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Manager
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Ray Diker
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Carmen Trivago
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Harvey Wallace
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Nightclub Singer (as Madi Comfort)
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Horace
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FBI Agent
Silvio Minciotti ...
Mover
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Nick Va Va Voom
Ben Morris ...
Radio Announcer
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Charlie Max
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Attacker
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Horace's Wife
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FBI Agent
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Doc Kennedy
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Cheesecake
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Sugar Smallhouse
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Sammy
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Velda Wickman
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Christina Bailey
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Lily Carver
Kitty White ...
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Radio Announcer (voice)
Joe Hernandez ...
Radio Announcer (voice)
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Sideman (uncredited)
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Man in Parked Car (uncredited)
Yvonne Doughty ...
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Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
Art Loggins ...
Bartender (uncredited)
Mara McAfee ...
Nurse (uncredited)
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Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)
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Police Detective (uncredited)
Robert Sherman ...
Gas Station Man (uncredited)
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Bit Part (uncredited)
Trude Wyler ...
Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Aldrich

Written by

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Mickey Spillane ... (novel "Kiss Me, Deadly")
 
A.I. Bezzerides ... (screenplay)

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Robert Aldrich ... producer
Victor Saville ... executive producer (uncredited)

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Frank De Vol ... (as Frank Devol)

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Ernest Laszlo ... (photographed by)

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Michael Luciano

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William Glasgow

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Howard Bristol

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Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist (as Bob Schiffer)

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Jack R. Berne ... production supervisor
Pat O'Neil ... assistant production manager (uncredited)

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Robert H. Justman ... assistant director (as Robert Justman)
Mark Sandrich Jr. ... assistant director (uncredited)
Nate D. Slott ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Jack Solomon ... sound

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Fred Krone ... stunt double Paul Richards (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ... stunt double Ralph Meeker (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Jack Murton ... casting supervisor

Music Department

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Frank De Vol ... conductor (as Frank Devol)
Albert Harris ... orchestrator

Script and Continuity Department

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Helen Gailey ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Victor Saville ... presenter
Robert Sherman ... assistant to producer
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Plot Summary

A frightened woman is running barefoot on a highway, trying desperately to flag a car. After several cars pass her by, the woman sees another car approaching, and to make sure either the car stops, or she's killed, she stands in the path of the oncoming car. Private Investigator Mike Hammer is at the wheel, and after almost hitting the woman, he tells her to get in. The woman's name is Christina Bailey. She is obviously on the run, being barefoot and wearing nothing but a trench coat, and the scent of fear. Whoever was after her eventually catches up with them. Christina has information they want, but dies while being questioned. The killers fake an accident by pushing Hammer's car off the road, but he survives, waking up in hospital three days later. As Mike starts to investigate Christina's death, he's told by the police to stay out of it, but the hard-nosed private investigator proceeds anyway. Little did he know that Christina's secret would lead to death and destruction. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines "I don't care what you do to me, Mike - just do it fast!" See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly (United States)
  • En quatrième vitesse (France)
  • Rattennest (Germany)
  • El beso mortal (Spain)
  • 死吻 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 106 min
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Budget $410,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $214, 04 May 2008

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Trivia The Kefauver Commission, a federal unit dedicated to investigating corrupting influences in the 1950s, singled this out as 1955's number one menace to American youth. Because of this, Robert Aldrich felt compelled to conduct a writing campaign for the free speech rights of independent filmmakers. See more »
Goofs At the beginning, Christina (Cloris Leachman) is shown running at the side of the highway, but the shots of only her feet show her running along the painted center line of the highway. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Film Noir (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Rather Have the Blues See more »
Crazy Credits The opening credits scroll down instead of the usual up, resulting in needing to read them bottom to top. See more »
Quotes Mike Hammer: You're never around when I need you.
Velda: You never need me when I'm around.
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