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Release Date:
April 28, 1955
Original Title:
Kiss Me Deadly
Alternate Titles:
El beso mortal
Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly
키스 미 데들리
Genres:
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Production Companies:
Parklane Pictures Inc.
United Artists
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18 NL: 16
Runtime: 106
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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Art Direction:
William Glasgow
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Director of Photography:
Ernest Laszlo
Editor:
Michael Luciano
Executive Producer:
Victor Saville
Makeup Artist:
Robert J. Schiffer
Music:
Frank De Vol
Novel:
Mickey Spillane
Producer:
Robert Aldrich
Screenplay:
A.I. Bezzerides
Script Supervisor:
Helen Gailey
Set Decoration:
Howard Bristol
Sound Designer:
Jack Solomon
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