Kiss Me, Deadly (1955)
Driving along a lonely road at night near Los Angeles, private eye Mike Hammer is flagged down by a barefoot girl wearing only a trenchcoat. She tells him her name, Christina. but nothing about what she is obviously running away from.
Books with substantial mentioning of Kiss Me, Deadly
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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David Sterritt and John Anderson (eds.) The B list, The National Society of Film Critics on the low-budget beauties, genre-bending mavericks, and cult classics we love Cambridge, MA, 2008 |
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Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell Encyclopedia of Film Noir Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007 |
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Jürgen Müller (ed.) Movies of the 50s Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005 |
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Jack Shadoian Dreams & dead ends, The American gangster film Oxford; New York, 2003 |
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| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts The Great Detective Pictures Metuchen, N.J. & London, 1990 |
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Danny Peary Cult Movies, The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful New York, 1989 |
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Books with an entry on Kiss Me, Deadly
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Michael F. Keaney Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003 |
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Alan G. Fetrow Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography Jefferson, NC, 1999 |
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Articles on Kiss Me, Deadly
| Simon Braund, Kiss Me Deadly, Misogyny, torture, Armageddon - is this the grimmest film noir ever made?, in: Empire, nr. 245 (November), 2009 pp. 176-177 |
