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Kiss Me Deadly(1955)
Status: Released
Date: 1955-04-28
72%
378 Votes
Time: 1h 46m
Blood red kisses! White hot thrills! Mickey Spillane’s latest H-bomb!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $410,000.00
Revenue: $726,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Parklane Pictures Inc.
Movie: Kiss Me Deadly
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ralph Meeker
Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker
Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart
Carl Evello
Juano Hernández
Eddie Yeager
Wesley Addy
Lt. Pat Murphy
Marian Carr
Friday
Maxine Cooper
Velda
Cloris Leachman
Christina Bailey
Nick Dennis
Nick
Video Trailer Kiss Me Deadly
Video: KISS ME DEADLY Trailer (1955) - The Criterion Collection
KISS ME DEADLY Trailer (1955) - The Criterion Collection
Josh Olson on KISS ME DEADLY
KISS ME DEADLY Clips
Unofficial trailer- Three Reasons: Kiss Me Deadly - The Criterion Collection
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KISS ME DEADLY Trailer (1955) - The Criterion Collection - Trailer
Josh Olson on KISS ME DEADLY - Featurette
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Unofficial trailer- Three Reasons: Kiss Me Deadly - The Criterion Collection - Featurette
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