Directed by:
Robert AldrichScreenplay:
A.I. BezzeridesCinematography:
Ernest LaszloComposer:
Frank De VolCast:
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Marjorie Bennett, Mort Marshall, Cloris Leachman, Robert Cornthwaite (more)Plots(1)
In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema. (Criterion)
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A very captivating film, which from the beginning goes a bit against the current, for example, with the subtitles that are peculiar, but also with nudity, which is hinted at beneath the cloak of the woman who appears here. But it continues, all the way to the grand finale, when finally someone opens that box. It's a noir film, but at the same time, it's also a fantastical film. It's gritty and incredibly cruel for its time, which is very refreshing.
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