Kiss Me Deadly

Robert Aldrich (director)
A.I. Bezzerides (screenwriter)
Mickey Spillane (novel)
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Strother Martin, Jack Elam, Cloris Leachman (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1955. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film. Two with provenance labels affixed to the versos.

Perhaps the ultimate film noir in the classic cycle, and by far the best (and most insanely interpreted) Spillane adaptation. Director Robert Aldrich spins the hard boiled source material into a symphony of speed, violence, and Cold War nuclear terror, today often acknowledged as a major influence on the French New Wave.

Set in Los Angeles area, shot in Los Angeles (including The Castle and other locations in Bunker Hill), and Malibu.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 568. Selby US Masterwork. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.


[Book #160989]