Kiss me deadly

DVD 2011

In an atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Snarling private detective Mike Hammer's decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, it's a film noir masterpiece and an essential piece of cold war paranoia. Featuring as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Hammer, Mike (Fictitious character) Fiction

Man-woman relationships Fiction

Murder Fiction

Private investigators New York (State) New York Fiction

Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006. Kiss me deadly Film adaptations

More in this Genre:

Detective and mystery films Feature films Fiction Film adaptations Film noir Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 568 Criterion collection ; 568 DVD

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ISBN:

9781604654356

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital monoaural
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Other Title:

Kiss me deadly (Motion picture : 1955) [DVD]

Notes:

Based on the novel by Mickey Spillane
Includes special features
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955
Title from container
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Cloris Leachman, Maxine Cooper, Gaby Rodgers
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital monoaural
For private home use only
In English with English subtitles ; Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

3182942

UPC:

027616862914
715515082815

Other Authors:

Addy, Wesley, actor
Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983, film producer, film director
Bennett, Marjorie, 1894-1982, actor
Bezzerides, A. I. (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007, screenwriter
Bonanova, Fortunio, 1895-1969, actor
Carr, Marian, 1925-2003, actor
Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965, singer
Comfort, Madi, 1923-2003, actor
Cooper, Maxine, actor
Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
DeVol, Frank, composer, conductor
Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968, actor
Dennis, Nick, actor
Elam, Jack, 1920-2003, actor
Fax, Jesslyn, 1893-1975, actor
Harris, Albert, composer (expression)
Helton, Percy, 1894-1971, actor
Hernandez, Juano, actor
Lambert, Jack, 1920-2002, actor
Leachman, Cloris, actor
Luciano, Michael, director of photography
Marshall, Mort, 1918-1979, actor
Martin, Strother, 1919-1980, actor
McCallion, Jimmy, actor
Meeker, Ralph, 1920-1988, actor
Minciotti, Silvio, 1882-1961, actor
Morris, Ben, 1921-1982, actor
Richards, Paul, 1924-1974, actor
Rodgers, Gaby, actor
Saville, Victor, 1895-1979, film producer
Seay, James, 1914-1992, actor
Snowden, Leigh, actor
Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986, actor
White, Kitty, singer
motion picture adaptation of (work): Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006. Kiss me deadly

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