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Kiss Me Deadly

1955 · 106 min · Director: Robert Aldrich ★ IMDb 7.5 · 24,055 ratings

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One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

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Emotional fingerprint

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 30%, Anxiety 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension50 %50 %42 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension51 %48 %45 %28 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity43 %33 %44 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity36 %25 %40 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity43 %35 %43 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Tension48 %41 %46 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity48 %39 %50 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity49 %40 %54 %16 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity48 %40 %53 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity45 %40 %45 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension45 %43 %41 %20 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity49 %45 %43 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sadness53 %49 %39 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension53 %51 %36 %27 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension58 %58 %44 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Tension60 %58 %55 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Curiosity58 %53 %61 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Curiosity63 %60 %63 %36 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Tension73 %73 %59 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Tension78 %78 %52 %62 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JH
Juano Hernández

MC
Marian Carr

MC
Maxine Cooper

MC
Maxine Cooper

Velda

GR
Gaby Rodgers

ND
Nick Dennis

ND
Nick Dennis

Nick

JL
Jack Lambert

Sugar Smallhouse

Jack Elam

Charlie Max

JZ
Jerry Zinneman

Sammy

LS
Leigh Snowden

Cheesecake

Percy Helton

Doc Kennedy

Strother Martin

Harvey Wallace

John George

Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)

FB
Fortunio Bonanova

Carmen Trivago

NK
Nat King Cole

Self - Singer (voice)

Details

Directed by
Robert Aldrich
Written by
A.I. Bezzerides, Mickey Spillane
Type
Movies
Released
1955
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 24,055 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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