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Kiss Me Deadly

Blood red kisses! White hot thrills! Mickey Spillane’s latest H-bomb!

1955 · 1h 46m · Approved Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Robert Aldrich

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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.

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All reviews
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh

This independently produced low-budget film was a shining example for the New Wave directors -- Truffaut, Godard, et al -- who found it proof positive that commercial films could accommodate the quirkiest and most personal of visions.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten

The trail leads to a series of amorous dames, murder-minded plug-uglies and dangerous adventures that offer excitement but have little clarity to let the viewer know what's going on.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

A crucial influence on what would become the French new wave, an irresistibly seedy trip through the Los Angeles underworld, and a valuable artifact of Cold War anxiety.

Jessica Winter, Time Out
Fresh

It's not the greatest thriller ever, but Kiss Me Deadly is classic film noir.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

It's not a horror movie by any means, but like a good horror movie it has images and tiny loose ends that make sense on a subconscious level.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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