Kiss Me Deadly

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Kiss Me Deadly is a 1955 American film noir thriller directed by Robert Aldrich, renowned for its hard-boiled style and influential, apocalyptic ending.

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novel by Mickey Spillane
character Christina Bailey
Mike Hammer
Velda
cinematographyBy Ernest Laszlo
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert Aldrich
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Michael Luciano
filmSeries Mike Hammer films
genre crime film
film noir
thriller film
includedIn National Film Registry
surface form: United States National Film Registry
influenced French New Wave
surface form: French New Wave filmmakers

subsequent neo-noir films
leadCharacter Mike Hammer
leadCharacterPortrayedBy Ralph Meeker
musicBy Frank De Vol
notableFor apocalyptic ending
hard-boiled style
originalLanguage English
producer Robert Aldrich
productionCompany Parklane Pictures
recognizedAs classic film noir
registrySelectionReason aesthetically significant
culturally significant
historically significant
releaseDate 1955-05-18
releaseYear 1955
runtimeMinutes 106
screenwriter A. I. Bezzerides
setting Los Angeles
starring Albert Dekker
Cloris Leachman
Juano Hernandez
Marian Carr
Maxine Cooper
Paul Stewart
Ralph Meeker
Wesley Addy
theme corruption
nuclear paranoia
violence
timePeriodDepicted Cold War

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