Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Writer:

Mickey Spillane, A.I. Bezzerides

Release Date:

Apr 23, 1955

Runtime:

1hr 46m

Synopsis

A doomed hitchhiker pulls a tough private investigator into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue.

Cast

  • Ralph Meeker
  • Albert Dekker
  • Paul Stewart
  • Juano Hernandez
  • Wesley Addy
  • Marian Carr
  • Marjorie Bennett
  • Mort Marshall
  • Fortunio Bonanova
  • Strother Martin

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  • Apr 21, 2022

    A masterclass of aggressive framing. Every shot a new punch. Another statement of purpose: the movie doesn't move towards an apocalyptic ending, but it reinforces that its world is long gone and beyond saving. Aldrich don't offer any out, but he crafts a visual style that…

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    Filipe Furtado
    Filipe Furtado
    Nov 30, 2021

    Sleaze has never been poured so slickly into a suit and tie as in “Kiss Me Deadly.”  Director Robert Aldrich heels ever met a genre he couldn’t exploit. He turned melodrama into hagsploitstion in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,” and war epics into… Nazikillingsploitation…

    417 Likes
    theriverjordan
    theriverjordan
    Jun 13, 2025

    The last film noir, maybe, but so far ahead of its time. This thing rips. Better with repeated viewings. (Great LA movie too.)

    292 Likes
    carrieandtracy
    carrieandtracy
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    Mar 11, 2017

    The thug who asked too many questions.

    267 Likes
    Filipe Furtado
    Filipe Furtado
    Nov 6, 2020

    The "woman in trouble" metaphor beckons the apocalypse. A monument to film noir as an aesthetic and a foundation where strict rules are followed and leads are chased until the inevitable collapse of genre gives way to a nuclear anxiety that not only destroys the film, but…

    244 Likes
    Willow Maclay
    Willow Maclay
    Nov 24, 2020

    In my opinion, every movie should just be about a hard nosed L.A. gumshoe trying to track down a mysterious box

    224 Likes
    nickusen
    nickusen
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    Jun 23, 2017

    DEADLY" "KISS ME It's all about the reaction shots here. They reveal Mike Hammer may be a rough PI but he doesn't have a heart of gold - he doesn't even have a heart. He leers, he snarls, he grins, and generally comes off as a sadistic misanthrope who somehow stumbled…

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    Joe
    Joe
    Aug 5, 2023

    Action! - The Postwar Hollywood 3: Reworking Aldrich I remember the ending here being wild, but not THAT WILD. Jeez! Only the opening of the Ark in Riders gets close to beat it. I don't have much to add to what I said in my first review. I've come to love even more…

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    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    May 31, 2022

    93/100 Fourth viewing, last seen 2009. (And before that 1996, so I've entered a cicada-esque 13-year cycle. Check back in 2035.) My difficulty here—which has delayed this review by a couple of days; I'm now trying to push through the block by acknowledging it—is that Kiss…

    209 Likes
    Mike D'Angelo
    Mike D'Angelo

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  • Ellis
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    Kiss Me Deadly

    Idk kinda hard for me to care when the movie is about a boring man who’s trying to find out more about a woman who seems like she was probably far more interesting than he is, but she barely got any screen time. But I did like when that guy said “heh my mustache, my father’s mustache 😄”.

    1Y
    Lee
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    Kiss Me Deadly

    Who else watched after learning Tarantino was influenced by this for his Pulp Fiction briefcase.

    3Y
    Vogue Italia
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    Kiss Me Deadly

    fun noir with highly fascinating concept!!

    1Y

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (1955)?
The movie is 1hr 46min long.
What's Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (1955) about?
A doomed hitchhiker pulls a tough private investigator into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue.
Who's the cast of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (1955)?
  • Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer
  • Albert Dekker as Dr. G.E. Soberin
  • Paul Stewart as Carl Evello
  • Juano Hernandez as Eddie Yeager
  • Wesley Addy as Lt. Pat Murphy
  • Marian Carr as Friday
  • Marjorie Bennett as Manager
  • Mort Marshall as Ray Diker
  • Fortunio Bonanova as Carmen Trivago
  • Strother Martin as Harvey Wallace
Who's the director behind Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (1955)?
Robert Aldrich directed Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (1955).