Mickey spillane s mike hammer ralph meeker, on a tip from a building super silvio minciotti, pays a visit to spacey lily gaby rodgers, sometime roommate of the murdered girl, just off sunset blvd. Thats cloris leachman barefoot on the highway in a trenchcoat, ralph meeker as mickey spillanes mike hammer at the wheel of his jaguar xk20, nat coles rather have the blues on the radio, in the famous opening of robert aldrichs, kiss me deadly, 1955. While driving down a lonely road late one evening, hammer picks up a beautiful blonde hitchhiker cloris leachman, dressed in nothing but a raincoat. Criterions bluray of kiss me deadly gives this radioactive masterpiece a proper 1. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. Not rated 1h 46min crime, filmnoir, mystery 28 april 1955 usa. What separates kiss me deadly from other detective movies and even some classic film noirs is its tone. Kiss me deadly is an independently made 1955 american film noir, produced and directed by robert aldrich, and starring ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul. Kiss me deadly 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After several cars pass her by, the woman sees another car approaching, and to make sure either the car stops, or, shes killed, she stands in the path of the oncoming car. Kiss me deadly trailer 1955 the criterion collection youtube. Out of the blackness of the theater we see a woman emerge wearing nothing but a trench coat, standing in traffic risking her life desperately trying to hitch a ride. Robert aldrich ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart. It is one of the finest of the film noir genre, predominantly because of.
Robert aldrich soon sold his interest in the film back to united artists. Kiss me deadly 1955 is the definitive, apocalyptic, nihilistic, sciencefiction film noir of all time at the close of the classic noir period. Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. Brazen and bleak, kiss me deadly is a film noir masterwork as well as an essential piece of. On the surface, kiss me deadly is private eye film about a detective getting involved with underworld intrigue while searching for a prized item. Seeking vengeance, hammer searches for the secret behind the girls murder. An intriguing, wonderfully subversive blend of art and commerce, kiss me deadly is an influential noir classic. Kiss me deadly has been ranked 18329 times, wins 51. The most interesting galaxy in the universe documentary a journey into the milky way galaxy touch your heart 2,934 watching live now.
Aug 19, 2011 the fact that producerdirector robert aldrichs 1955 kiss me deadly is regarded as one of the classic films noir of the initial 194158 period is both selfevidentits a great movieand. Find movie and film cast and crew information for kiss me deadly 1955 robert aldrich on allmovie. Regarded by many critics as the ultimate film noir, and by many more as the finest movie adaptation of a book by mickey spillane, kiss me deadly stars ralph meeker as spillanes antisocial private eye mike hammer. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. As mike hammer, ralph meeker is like a bull in a china shop, lurching haphazardly from one deadly encounter to the next, often employing. Kiss me deadly screams onto screen with an opening scene that immediately alerts audiences to its explosive intentions. After he and a hitchhiker are kidnapped by thugs, the semiconscious. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing kiss me deadly 1955 near you. Kiss me deadly 1955 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. After he and a hitchhiker are kidnapped by thugs, the semiconscious hammer helplessly watches as the girl is tortured to death. In this atomic adaptation of mickey spillanes novel, directed by robert aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Rattennest kiss me deadly, 1955 filmkritik fluxkompensator. Widely considered the best if loosest film adaptation of a mickey spillane novel, robert aldrichs kiss me deadly 1955 features spillane hero mike hammer in the ultimate cold war paranoia investigation. Kiss me deadly 1955 not rated 1h 46min crime, filmnoir, mystery 28 april 1955 usa a doomed female hitchhiker pulls mike hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious great whatsit.
Most revival screenings were in ratty 16mm as well, and all had the suspicious choppedup conclusion. Kiss me deadly 1955 movie clip thumbs not good enough. Drama, mystery, thriller one evening, hammer gives a ride to christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. It combines all the classic elements of delightful noirish photography, biting and clueladen dialogue, an obscure mystery, a trail of bodies, and a dogged gumshoe. This film noir stars ralph meeker as mickey spillanes antisocial private eye mike hammer. Mar 21, 2011 brazen and bleak, kiss me deadly is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in american cinema. His name was meles zenawi, and it was on the 8th of may, 1955. Kiss me deadly polibek smrti robert aldrich, 1955 hd. Ralph meeker stars as snarling private dick mike hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Kiss me deadly 1955 a doomed female hitchhiker pulls mike hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious great whatsit.
You can watch random movie trailers instantly, no need to login. Brazen and bleak, kiss me deadly is a film noir masterwork as well as an. Her endless, desperate goal is to awaken his own sexuality. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. It was also called kiss me, deadly, but with an additional comma. Kiss me deadly was released by ua with little fanfare on may 18, 1955. With the femme fatales destructive sexuality and promise of the kiss of death, she fires pointblank into the midsection of the misogynistic hero before he reaches her, and he falls to the floor wounded. Bezzerides based the screenplay for this film on a crime novel written in 1952 by mickey spillane. After a dissolve, hammer is in almost the same position, but in a dominating clench and kiss with a lustful, forcefully aggressive velda in the center of the room. If kiss me deadly were a brandnew film, it would still be shocking in its mean spirit, its happy brutality and its audacious mix of real and surreal elements. Kiss me deadly is an independently made 1955 american film noir, produced and directed by robert aldrich, and starring ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, juano hernandez, wesley addy, and with maxine cooper and cloris leachman in their feature film debuts.
A celebration of the reliable 3star movies we love, good enough movies looks back on the notquiteclassics you can still quote by heart and will always stop to watch whenever theyre on. Brazen and bleak, kiss me deadly is a film noir masterwork as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever. There are no bigname stars, the director has never been mentioned in the same breath as a hitchcock or huston, and its basically a simple mickey. Some months before kiss me deadly opened, aldrich pragmatically defended the movies violence in a february 20, 1955, new york heraldtribune article titled you cant hang up the meat hook.
With macho bedroom dick hammer using any violence necessary, this darkest of 1950s films noirs sends him on a search for the great whatsit, an ominously incandescent. Scorsese had just included kiss me deadly in a compilation documentary about subversive films in the 1950s, with the incorrect conclusion. A frightened woman is running barefoot on a highway, trying desperately to flag a car. Kiss me deadly polibek smrti robert aldrich, 1955 hd english. Ralph meeker as mickey spillanes mike hammer makes a buy from a street vendor on rampart blvd. A doomed female hitchhiker pulls mike hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious great whatsit. Original movie poster for kiss me deadly 1955 22757 original united artists group of six scene lobby cards 11x14. Moviechat forums kiss me deadly 1955 discussion what was in the box. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. We think we have kept faith with the sixty million mickey spillane readers while making a movie of action, violence, and suspense in good. Overview of kiss me deadly, 1955, directed by robert aldrich, with ralph meeker, albert dekker, paul stewart, at turner classic movies. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. One evening, hammer gives a ride to christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum.
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