Kiss Me Deadly
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| - | '''''Kiss Me Deadly''''' or properly '''''Kiss Me, Deadly''''' is a [[1955 in film|1955]] [[film]] produced and directed by [[Robert Aldrich]] starring [[Ralph Meeker]]. The screenplay was written by [[A. I. Bezzerides]] based on the [[Mickey Spillane]] [[Mike Hammer]] mystery novel ''Kiss Me, Deadly''. Spillane ordered [[Signet Books]] to pulp 50,000 copies of the book because they left the comma out. | + | |
| - | '''''Kiss Me Deadly''''' is considered a classic of the [[film noir]] genre. References (usually to the glowing briefcase) appear in such diverse films as [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' ([[1981 in film|1981]]), [[Alex Cox]]'s ''[[Repo Man]]'' ([[1984 in film|1984]]), [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]]), [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Lost Highway]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]]) and [[Richard Kelly]]'s ''[[Southland Tales]]'' ([[2007 in film|2007]]). | + | '''''Kiss Me Deadly''''' ([[1955 in film|1955]]) is a [[film noir]] [[drama film|drama]] produced and directed by [[Robert Aldrich]] starring [[Ralph Meeker]]. The screenplay was written by [[A.I. Bezzerides]], based on the [[Mickey Spillane]] [[Mike Hammer]] mystery novel ''[[Kiss Me, Deadly]]''. |
| - | In 1999, '''''Kiss Me Deadly''''' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". | + | ''Kiss Me Deadly'' is considered a classic of the ''noir'' genre. References (usually to the glowing briefcase) appear in such diverse films as [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' ([[1981 in film|1981]]), [[Alex Cox]]'s ''[[Repo Man (1984 film)|Repo Man]]'' ([[1984 in film|1984]]), [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]]), [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Lost Highway]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]]) and [[Richard Kelly (director)|Richard Kelly]]'s ''[[Southland Tales]]'' ([[2007 in film|2007]]). |
| The film grossed $726,000 in the States and a total of $226,000 overseas. | The film grossed $726,000 in the States and a total of $226,000 overseas. | ||
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955) is a film noir drama produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly.
Kiss Me Deadly is considered a classic of the noir genre. References (usually to the glowing briefcase) appear in such diverse films as Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Alex Cox's Repo Man (1984), Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994), David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997) and Richard Kelly's Southland Tales (2007).
The film grossed $726,000 in the States and a total of $226,000 overseas.
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