Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

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

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.

• Released: 1955-04-28
• Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
• Runtime: 1h 46m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 420 votes

Directed by Robert Aldrich.

Top cast

• Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer
• Albert Dekker as Dr. G.E. Soberin
• Paul Stewart as Carl Evello
• Juano Hernández as Eddie Yeager
• Wesley Addy as Lt. Pat Murphy
• Marian Carr as Friday
• Maxine Cooper as Velda
• Cloris Leachman as Christina Bailey
• Gaby Rodgers as Lily Carver
• Nick Dennis as Nick

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Where to watch Kiss Me Deadly

• United States: watch free on JustWatch TV, Mometu
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