Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
film noir
police corruption
police detective
double cross
lie detection
antiques shop
hangar
burlesque dancer
police shootout
gang moll
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3.8 / 5
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Cast
Cornel Wilde
Leonard Diamond
Jean Wallace
Susan Lowell
Brian Donlevy
Joe McClure
Richard Conte
Mr. Brown
Lee Van Cleef
Fante
Earl Holliman
Mingo
Robert Middleton
Police Capt. Peterson
Helen Walker
Alicia Brown
Jay Adler
Detective Sam Hill
John Hoyt
Nils Dreyer
Ted de Corsia
Ralph Bettini
Helene Stanton
Rita
Crew
Joseph H. Lewis
Director
Philip Yordan
Writer
John Alton
Director of Photography
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
David Raksin
Music
Don Loper
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
29 reviews
Richard
4.6★ · 09/21/25
5.1/10
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Richard
5.0★ · 09/21/25
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5.1/10
Ellie Alvarez
“I’d rather be insane and alive than sane and dead” First film of Noirvember.
“I’d rather be insane and alive than sane and dead” First film of Noirvember.
grcentm
7.3★ · 09/13/24
convoluted as hell but the dialogue and richard conte specifically are soooo good. i love that the low budget movies of this era don’t always try to use ‘formal camerawork’ that is clearly inspired by the theatre so they look very modern sometimes. kiss me deadly is another example of that.
convoluted as hell but the dialogue and richard conte specifically are soooo good. i love that the low budget movies of this era don’t always try to use ‘formal camerawork’ that is clearly inspired by the theatre so they look very modern sometimes. kiss me deadly is another example of that.
MariaPRO
7.0★ · 10/19/22
This dragged a little but overall It was pretty interesting. Really liked susan and the portrayal of abusive relationships !!
This dragged a little but overall It was pretty interesting. Really liked susan and the portrayal of abusive relationships !!
