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Kiss Me Deadly: The Criterion Collection DVD

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  • Additional Details
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 106 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Studio: Criterion Collection
  • DVD Release Date: June 21, 2011
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Closed Captioning: Yes
  • Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
  • Director: Robert Aldrich
  • Cast: Ralph Meeker , Albert Dekker , Paul Stewart , Maxine Cooper , Gaby Rodgers , Juano Hernandez , Wesley Addy , Nick Dennis , Cloris Leachman , Marian Carr , Jack Lambert , Jack Elam , Fortunio Bonanova , Strother Martin
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Color: Black & White
  • Includes:
    Audio Commentary by Film Noir Specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini
    New Video Tribute by Director Alex Cox
    Excerpts From The Long Haul of A. I. Bezzerides, A 2005 Documentary On The Kiss Me Deadly Screenwriter
    Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane, A 1998 Documentary About The Life And Work Of The Author
    Video Pieces On The Film's Locations
    Controversial Altered Ending
    Theatrical Trailer
    A Booklet Featuring An Essay By Critic J. Hoberman And A 1955 Reprint By Director Robert Aldrich
  • Release Date: 1955
In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. 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. 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.

Expert Review:
n escapee from a mental institution (Cloris Leachman) snags a late-night ride from steely, surly private eye Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker). This sets him on the path of a bevy of bad guys and a mysterious leather case. Oh, and the advances of every woman he meets. A hard-edged, sometimes brutal, detective story with a sci-fi, Cold-War twist. From a Mickey Spillane novel; scripted by A. I. Bezzerides. Robert Aldrich directed and co-produced. By Jacqueline Fitzgerald of Film Noir Blonde

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