Kiss Me Deadly
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.
Top Billed Cast
Ralph Meeker
Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker
Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart
Carl Evello
Juano Hernández
Eddie Yeager
Wesley Addy
Lt. Pat Murphy
Featured Crew
Robert Aldrich
Director
Mickey Spillane
Novel
A.I. Bezzerides
Screenplay
Robert Aldrich
Producer
Victor Saville
Executive Producer
Frank De Vol
Music
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Michael Luciano
Editor
William Glasgow
Art Direction
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Jack Solomon
Sound Designer
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