| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 568. |
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Criterion collection ; 568.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; NTSC; widescreen; Dolby Digital, monoaural. |
| Cast |
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy; introducing Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Mickey Spillane. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955; copyright held by Parklane Pictures, Inc. |
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DVD release date: Jun. 21, 2011. |
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Supplements: Audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini; director Alex Cox on Kiss me deadly; 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. |
| 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."--Container. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006 -- Film adaptations.
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Hammer, Mike (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Private investigators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Saville, Victor, 1895-1979. Producer.
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Bezzerides, A. I. (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007. Screenwriter.
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Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983. Director. Producer.
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Meeker, Ralph, 1920-1988. Actor.
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Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968. Actor.
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Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986. Actor.
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Cooper, Maxine. Actor.
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Rodgers, Gaby. Actor.
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Leachman, Cloris. Actor.
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Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006.
Kiss me deadly.
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Parklane Pictures, Inc.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Kiss me deadly |
| ISBN |
9781604654356 |
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160465435X |
| Standard No. |
715515082815 |
| Music No. |
568 The Criterion Collection |
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