Kiss Me Deadly

1955 · 1h46 · Film

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernández, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Nick Dennis

Ideal when you feel… Angry Happy Stressed

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Mickey Spillane, A.I. Bezzerides

Music

Frank De Vol

Cinematography

Ernest Laszlo

Cast

Juano Hernández, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Nick Dennis, Jack Lambert, Jack Elam

Updated July 22, 2026

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