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Actors: Ralph Meeker, Paul Stewart, Cloris Leachman, Maxine Cooper, Albert Dekker, Jack Elam
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Kiss Me Deadly |
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Based on a Mickey Spillane novel, KISS ME DEADLY has been produced and directed by Robert Aldrich in 1955.
Mike Hammer, a L.A. private investigator, helps Christina Bailey to run away from the police that claims she is a lunatic. But, before he can let her go safe, they are caught by a bunch of tough guys who torture Christina to death and severely injure the detective. Soon, the local and federal polices stress Mike Hammer to say all he knows about the girl.
A masterpiece, violent and innovative.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Kiss Me Deadly |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 50%
Kind of mystery?
- hard boiled/private eye
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
- bad criminals on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- radiation
- crushed
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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