DVD

Kiss me deadly / Victor Saville presents ; screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides ; produced and directed by Robert Aldrich.

Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983 (Added Author). Saville, Victor, 1895-1979 (Added Author). Bezzerides, A. I. (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007 (Added Author). Meeker, Ralph, 1920-1988 (Added Author). Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968 (Added Author). Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986 (Added Author). Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006 Kiss me deadly. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart. (Cast).

Summary:

In an atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Snarling private detective Mike Hammer's decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, it's a film noir masterpiece and an essential piece of cold war paranoia. Featuring as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604654356
ISBN: 160465435X
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Edition: Special edition.
Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2011], 1955.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Release date: Jun. 21, 2011. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. Based on the novel by Mickey Spillane. Includes special features.
Participant or Performer Note:	Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; Dolby Digital, monoaural.
Language Note:	Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards Note:	National Film Preservation Board, USA, 1999: National Film Registry.