Kiss me deadly

Resource Information

The work Kiss me deadly represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Kiss me deadly

Statement of responsibility

Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Victor Saville presents ; screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides ; produced and directed by Robert Aldrich ; a Parklane Picture

Title variation

Mickey Spillane's Kiss me deadly

Contributor

• DeVol, Frank
• Hernandez, Juano
• Lambert, Jack, 1920-2002
• Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006
• Laszlo, Ernest
• Cooper, Maxine
• Leachman, Cloris
• Comfort, Madi, 1923-2003
• Luciano, Michael
• Parklane Pictures, Inc
• Marshall, Mort, 1918-1979
• Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965
• Martin, Strother, 1919-1980
• Carr, Marian, 1926-
• McCallion, Jimmy
• Bristol, Howard
• Meeker, Ralph, 1920-1988
• Minciotti, Silvio, 1882-1961
• Bonanova, Fortunio, 1895-1969
• Bezzerides, A. I., (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007
• Morris, Ben, 1921-1982
• Bennett, Marjorie, 1894-1982
• Richards, Paul, 1924-1974
• Rodgers, Gaby
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Saville, Victor, 1895-1979
• Addy, Wesley
• Seay, James, 1914-1992
• Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Snowden, Leigh
• White, Kitty
• Solomon, Jack
• Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006
• Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986
• Elam, Jack, 1920-2003
• Fax, Jesslyn, 1893-1975
• Dennis, Nick
• Glasgow, William
• Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968
• Harris, Albert
• Helton, Percy, 1894-1971

Actor

• Elam, Jack, 1920-2003
• Snowden, Leigh
• Seay, James, 1914-1992
• Rodgers, Gaby
• Richards, Paul, 1924-1974
• Bennett, Marjorie, 1894-1982
• Morris, Ben, 1921-1982
• Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986
• Bonanova, Fortunio, 1895-1969
• Minciotti, Silvio, 1882-1961
• Meeker, Ralph, 1920-1988
• McCallion, Jimmy
• Dennis, Nick
• Martin, Strother, 1919-1980
• Addy, Wesley
• Marshall, Mort, 1918-1979
• Comfort, Madi, 1923-2003
• Leachman, Cloris
• Cooper, Maxine
• Lambert, Jack, 1920-2002
• Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006
• Hernandez, Juano
• Helton, Percy, 1894-1971
• Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968
• Carr, Marian, 1926-
• Fax, Jesslyn, 1893-1975

Artistic director

• Glasgow, William

Arranger

• Harris, Albert

Screenwriter

• Bezzerides, A. I., (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007

Composer

• DeVol, Frank

Conductor

• DeVol, Frank

Cinematographer

• Laszlo, Ernest

Director

• Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983

Film editor

• Luciano, Michael

Producer

• Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983
• Saville, Victor, 1895-1979

Sound designer

• Solomon, Jack

Singer

• White, Kitty
• Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965

Set designer

• Bristol, Howard

Subject

• Film adaptations
• Hammer, Mike (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Private investigators -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Radioactive substances -- Drama
• Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006 -- Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Women -- Crimes against -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• DVDs
• Detective and mystery films
• Feature films -- United States
• Film noir

Genre

• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Film noir
• Feature films
• Drama
• Detective and mystery films
• DVDs

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

While driving down a lonely road late one evening, Hammer picks up a beautiful blonde hitchhiker, dressed in nothing but a raincoat. At first, Hammer assumes that the incoherent girl is an escaped lunatic; his mind is changed for him when he and the girl are abducted by two thugs. The men torture the girl to death as the semiconscious Hammer watches helplessly. He himself escapes extermination when the murderers' car topples off a cliff and he is thrown clear. Seeking vengeance, Hammer tries to discover the secret behind the girl's murder

Member of

• Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 568

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Photographed by Ernest Laszlo ; film editor, Michael Luciano ; music composed and conducted by Frank DeVol ; "Rather have the blues" sung by Nat "King" Cole, Kitty White ; orchestrations by Albert Harris ; art director, William Glasgow ; set decorator, Howard Bristol ; sound, Jack Solomon

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.K57 2011

PerformerNote

Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marion Carr, Marjorie Bennett, Fortunio Bonanova, Madi Comfort, Robert Cornthwaite, Nick Dennis, Jack Elam, Jesslyn Fax, Percy Helton, Jack Lambert, Mort Marshall, Strother Martin, James McCallion, Silvio Minciotti, Ben Morris, Paul Richards, James Seay, Leigh Snowden, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers

Runtime

106

Series statement

Criterion collection

Series volume

568

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action