Kiss Me Deadly

1h 46m · 1955 · Directed by Robert Aldrich · 4.0 / 5 on Letterboxd

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) runs 1h 46m, directed by Robert Aldrich. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime

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