| Description |
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 568 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 568.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; Dolby Digital, monoaural. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. |
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Based on the novel by Mickey Spillane. |
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Special features: audio commentary by Alain Silver and James ursini; video tribute by director Alex Cox; documentaries; controversial altered ending, theatrical trailer. |
| Cast |
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
In an atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Snarling private detective Mike Hammer's decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, it's a film noir masterpiece and an essential piece of cold war paranoia. Featuring as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema. |
| Subject |
Hammer, Mike (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Private investigators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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| Added Author |
Saville, Victor, 1895-1979.
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Bezzerides, A. I. (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007.
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Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983.
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Meeker, Ralph, 1920-1988.
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Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968.
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Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986.
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Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006.
Kiss me deadly.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604654356 |
| Standard No. |
715515082815 |
| Music No. |
CC2022D The Criterion Collection |
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