Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer in "Kiss Me Deadly."
MGM
In this 1955 science-fiction film noir classic, private detective Mike Hammer gives a ride to a mysterious, frightened, young woman, and is drawn into a mystery involving kidnapping, torture, murder, attempts on his life, disappearing newspaper editors, evil scientists and a mysterious iron box that emits a searing heat.
The screenplay for Kiss Me Deadly is based on the novel by Mickey Spillane.
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