Noir Canon

KISS ME DEADLY

Directed by Robert Aldrich

USA, 1955, 1h 46min, 35mm

Noir Canon

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

Robert Aldrich’s uranium enriched noir takes the genre about as far down the road of brutality and cultural parody as is possible. Ralph Meeker plays Mickey Spillane’s private eye Mike Hammer as a romping, amoral walking id in this overheated tale of intrigue, sex and nuclear secrets. This film has been a touchstone for everyone from Godard to Tarantino, and may be the original punk film.

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