| LC control no. | n 2016012997 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Uniform title heading | Kiss me deadly (Motion picture) |
| Variant(s) | Mickey Spillane's Kiss me deadly (Motion picture) |
| Other standard no. | 10.5240/1B9F-62A6-9586-F4A6-52D4-2 |
| Biography/History note | The original U.S. release of the film shows Hammer and Velda escaping from the burning house at the end, running into the ocean as the words "The End" come over them on the screen. Sometime after its first release, the ending was altered on the film's original negative, removing over one minute of footage where Hammer and Velda escape and superimposing the words "The End" over the burning house. In 1997, the original conclusion was restored. The DVD release has the original ending, and offers the truncated ending as an extra. |
| Form of work | Motion pictures |
| Beginning date | 1955 |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Found in | Kiss me deadly, 1955 title frame (Kiss me deadly) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed March 10, 2016 (Kiss me deadly is a 1955 film noir drama produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane novel) Internet movie database WWW site, viewed March 10, 2016 (Kiss me deadly; alternate English language title, Mickey Spillane's Kiss me deadly) Los Angeles times, August 12, 1997, viewed online March 11, 2016 (Cult classic mystery : a new video release of Kiss Me Deadly includes the now-famous lost footage. But how it got lost is still a riddle; 1955 film is intact once again after enduring several decades with a mutilated ending; Glenn Erickson, an editor at MGM and film historian Alain Silver facilitated the discovery of the lost footage from director Robert Aldrich's personal print) |
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