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Kiss Me Deadly (1955) IMDB rating: 7.70 Plot: Tough L.A. private eye Mike Hammer gives a ride to Christina, a frightened young woman he finds running along the road one night. His car is run off the road by unseen thugs. Hammer is knocked out and Christina is tortured in an unsuccessful attempt to get information from her. They are put back into Hammer’s car which then is forced off a cliff. Hammer wakes up in the hospital. Velda, his trusty secretary, informs him that Christina is dead. Pat Chambers, Mike’s policeman friend, tells him to stay off the case, but Mike thinks it might be a big story—meaning big money for him—because the FBI is interested. He, Velda, and Nick, his garage mechanic friend, start investigating in hopes of finding out why Christina was killed.

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Actors: Meeker Ralph,Dekker Albert,Stewart Paul,Hernandez Juano,Addy Wesley,Dennis Nick,Lambert Jack,Elam Jack,Zinneman Jerry,Helton Percy,Thriller,Film-Noir,Crime,

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Movie questions (film noir, westerns, and more)?
1. In 1952, in Burstyn v. Wilson, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for a state to ban a film it deemed sacrilegious. The decision had what significance?
A) It led to the creation of the film ratings system.
B) It led to a series of deliberately sacrilegious films.
C) It led to biblical epics like "The Robe" and "The Ten Commandments."
D) It recognized that motion pictures merited First Amendment protection.

2. Although the film noir is among the most urban of genres, this classic begins and ends in rural setting to which the main character has retreated to escape his former self.
A) Out of the Past
B) In a Lonely Place
C) Shadow of a Doubt
D) Kiss Me Deadly

3. In the late 1960s, a number of westerns lamented the loss of the frontier. In this example, set in the early 20th century, a character signs on to support Mexican revolutionaries with the line "It ain’t like it used to be, but it’ll do."
A) Vera Cruz
B) Ride the High Country
C) The Wild Bunch
D) Once Upon a Time in the West

4. In this cold war era film "noir", Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer gets in over his head and ends up being responsible for a nuclear disaster.
A) Night and the City
B) White Heat
C) Touch of Evil
D) Kiss Me Deadly

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1. In 1952, in Burstyn v. Wilson, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for a state to ban a film it deemed sacrilegious. The decision had what significance?
D) It recognized that motion pictures merited First Amendment protection.
From Wikipedia:
The decision defined film as an artistic medium protected by the Constitution’s guarantee of free speech. In so doing, the Court overturned its previous decision in Mutual Film Corporation vs. Industrial Commission of Ohio (1915), which found that movies were not an art form worthy of First Amendment protection but merely a business.

2. Although the film noir is among the most urban of genres, this classic begins and ends in rural setting to which the main character has retreated to escape his former self.
A) Out of the Past

3. In the late 1960s, a number of westerns lamented the loss of the frontier. In this example, set in the early 20th century, a character signs on to support Mexican revolutionaries with the line "It ain’t like it used to be, but it’ll do."
A) Vera Cruz (I think…)

4. In this cold war era film "noir", Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer gets in over his head and ends up being responsible for a nuclear disaster.
D) Kiss Me Deadly

MystMoonstruck | Oct 29, 2009