Kiss Me Deadly
7.2
106 minutes
4/28/1955
Overview
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.
Cast List
Ralph Meeker
as Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker
as Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart
as Carl Evello
Juano Hernández
as Eddie Yeager
Wesley Addy
as Lt. Pat Murphy
Marian Carr
as Friday
Maxine Cooper
as Velda
Cloris Leachman
as Christina Bailey
Gaby Rodgers
as Lily Carver
Nick Dennis
as Nick
Jack Lambert
as Sugar Smallhouse
Jack Elam
as Charlie Max
Jerry Zinneman
as Sammy
Leigh Snowden
as Cheesecake
Percy Helton
as Doc Kennedy
Marjorie Bennett
as Manager
Strother Martin
as Harvey Wallace
John George
as Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
Fortunio Bonanova
as Carmen Trivago
Nat King Cole
as Self - Singer (voice)
Kitty White
as Club Vocalist
Mady Comfort
as Nightclub Singer
Art Loggins
as Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Sherman
as Gas Station Man (uncredited)
Eddie Beal
as Sideman (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
as Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)
Mort Marshall
as Ray Diker