Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Kiss Me Deadly movie poster

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.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo · Composer: Frank De Vol · Editor: Michael Luciano

Production: Parklane Pictures Inc.

Budget: $410K

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