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Kiss me deadly
Title:
Kiss me deadly
ISBN:
9781604654356
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, 2011.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
General Note:
Based on the novel by Mickey Spillane.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.

Supplements: Audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini; Director Alex Cox on Kiss me deadly; "Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane" documentary directed by Max Allan Collins; excerpts from The long haul of A.I. Bezzerides; "Bunker Hill, Los Angeles" video piece on film's locations by Jim Dawson; "Ending altered" truncated ending which was presented as the film's ending for three decades; Theatrical trailer. Booklet: "The thriller of tomorrow" by J. Hoberman; "You can't hang up the meat hook" by Robert Aldrich.
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Summary:
While driving down a lonely road late one evening, Hammer picks up a beautiful blonde hitchhiker, dressed in nothing but a raincoat. At first, Hammer assumes that the incoherent girl is an escaped lunatic; his mind is changed for him when he and the girl are abducted by two thugs. The men torture the girl to death as the semiconscious Hammer watches helplessly. He himself escapes extermination when the murderers' car topples off a cliff and he is thrown clear. Seeking vengeance, Hammer tries to discover the secret behind the girl's murder.
System Details:
DVD; REGION 1, NTSC; WIDESCREEN (1.66:1) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL, MONOAURAL.
Language Note:
IN ENGLISH WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
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