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[1955, Movie]

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Private eye Mike Hammer (Meeker) is driving his convertible on a dark highway when he sees the almost naked Christina Bailey (Leachman) running down the middle of the road. He picks her up, but is soon forced off the road. Hammer is knocked unconscious, and Christina is killed. Both of them are put back in his car, which is then pushed off a cliff. Surviving, Hammer investigates, his curiosity aroused by an FBI warning to stay away. He finds Christina's roommate (Rodgers) an... read more

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  • Questions About Grindhouse, Flying Pancakes and More! | Ask FlickChick | 4/18/2007
    Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Question: Grindhouse did horribly at the box office — it made a mere $11 million. Any idea why it did so poorly when it opened to mostly positive reviews? — Michael PS.: I love you and the gang on the podcast, I have recently been getting into exercising and am listening to every episode you have ever recorded... very fun!FlickChick: Thank you, Michael. As to Grindhouse, there's a very real irony in the fact that back in the day, real grindhouse movies made money despite negative reviews (or, more often, no reviews at all in the mainstream press), while Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's loving homage got terrific reviews and did poorly. I can think of a number of explanations: I suspect some people were put off by the three-hour length of Death Proof/Planet Terror plus trailers. I think Rodriguez and Tarantino may have overestimated the number of moviegoers who share their enthusiasm for the down-and-dirty... read more
  • Kiss Me With Your Best Shot... Nuke Nightmares and Kiss Me Deadly | Ask FlickChick | 1/22/2007
    Send your movie questions to FlickChick.This week's DVD Tuesday pick was inspired by the recent limited re-release of a little-known indie movie called Something Wild (1961) — not to be confused with the 1986 Jonathan Demme film of the same name — starring '50s tough guy Ralph Meeker. Watching it, I couldn't help but think of Meeker's greatest role: Mickey Spillane's two-fisted private investigator Mike Hammer, in the flat-out astonishing Kiss Me Deadly (1955).Now, Spillane's name is a red flag: His novels are often dismissed as lurid, misogynistic, red-baiting, sadistic anachronisms designed to glorify white male privilege and excuse fascistic vigilantism. And that's not far off the mark, though they're also hypnotic pulp fiction. Spillane, a reactionary conservative to the core, hated Kiss Me Deadly, and not just because director Robert Aldrich and screenwriter A.I. "Buzz" Bezzerides (who died less than two weeks ago) dropped the comma from the title. That's only partly... read more
  • FlickChick | 5/26/2005
    Question: Can tell me what was in the briefcase John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson are taking over to Ving Rhames' char read more
  • FlickChick | 1/20/2005
    Question: Could you please explain to me how films that fit into the genre film noir differ from other films with simila read more

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Year: 1955
Rated NR
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Cast
 Ralph Meeker: Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker: Dr. Soberin
Paul Stewart: Carl Evello
Maxine Cooper: Velda Wakeman
Gaby Rodgers: Gabrielle/Lily Carver
Wesley Addy: Pat Chambers

 

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