Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

106 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | April 28, 1955

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.

Kiss Me Deadly

106 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | April 28, 1955

Kiss Me Deadly
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers United Artists, Parklane Pictures Inc.
Original title Kiss Me Deadly
Directors Helen Gailey, Robert Aldrich
Writers Mickey Spillane, A.I. Bezzerides

Cast

Ralph Meeker

as Mike Hammer

Albert Dekker

as Dr. G.E. Soberin

Paul Stewart

as Carl Evello

Juano Hernández

as Eddie Yeager

Wesley Addy

as Lt. Pat Murphy

Marian Carr

as Friday

Maxine Cooper

as Velda

Cloris Leachman

as Christina Bailey

Gaby Rodgers

as Lily Carver

Nick Dennis

as Nick

Jack Lambert

as Sugar Smallhouse

Jack Elam

as Charlie Max

Jerry Zinneman

as Sammy

Leigh Snowden

as Cheesecake

Percy Helton

as Doc Kennedy

Marjorie Bennett

as Manager

Strother Martin

as Harvey Wallace

John George

as Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)

Fortunio Bonanova

as Carmen Trivago

Nat King Cole

as Self - Singer (voice)

Kitty White

as Club Vocalist

Mady Comfort

as Nightclub Singer

Art Loggins

as Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Sherman

as Gas Station Man (uncredited)

Eddie Beal

as Sideman (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

as Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)