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title: "Kiss Me Deadly: cast and crew"
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# Kiss Me Deadly (1955): cast and crew

36 cast and 13 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Ralph Meeker](https://film.one/person/ralph-meeker.md) as Mike Hammer
- [Albert Dekker](https://film.one/person/albert-dekker.md) as Dr. G.E. Soberin
- [Paul Stewart](https://film.one/person/paul-stewart.md) as Carl Evello
- [Juano Hernández](https://film.one/person/juano-hernandez.md) as Eddie Yeager
- [Wesley Addy](https://film.one/person/wesley-addy.md) as Lt. Pat Murphy
- [Marian Carr](https://film.one/person/marian-carr.md) as Friday
- [Maxine Cooper](https://film.one/person/maxine-cooper.md) as Velda
- [Cloris Leachman](https://film.one/person/cloris-leachman.md) as Christina Bailey
- [Gaby Rodgers](https://film.one/person/gaby-rodgers.md) as Lily Carver
- [Nick Dennis](https://film.one/person/nick-dennis.md) as Nick
- [Jack Lambert](https://film.one/person/jack-lambert.md) as Sugar Smallhouse
- [Jack Elam](https://film.one/person/jack-elam.md) as Charlie Max
- Jerry Zinneman as Sammy
- Leigh Snowden as Cheesecake
- Percy Helton as Doc Kennedy
- Marjorie Bennett as Manager
- Strother Martin as Harvey Wallace
- John George as Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)
- [Fortunio Bonanova](https://film.one/person/fortunio-bonanova.md) as Carmen Trivago
- Nat King Cole as Self - Singer (voice)
- Kitty White as Club Vocalist
- Mady Comfort as Nightclub Singer
- Art Loggins as Bartender (uncredited)
- Robert Sherman as Gas Station Man (uncredited)
- Eddie Beal as Sideman (uncredited)
- Leonard Mudie as Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)
- Mort Marshall as Ray Diker
- James McCallion as Horace
- Robert Cornthwaite as FBI Agent
- Silvio Minciotti as Mover
- Ben Morris as Radio Announcer
- Paul Richards as Attacker
- [Jesslyn Fax](https://film.one/person/jesslyn-fax.md) as Horace's Wife
- James Seay as FBI Agent
- Sam Balter as Radio Announcer (voice)
- Joe Hernandez as Radio Announcer (voice)

## Directing

- [Robert Aldrich](https://film.one/person/robert-aldrich.md): Director
- Helen Gailey: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- Mickey Spillane: Novel
- [A.I. Bezzerides](https://film.one/person/a-i-bezzerides.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Robert Aldrich](https://film.one/person/robert-aldrich.md): Producer
- Victor Saville: Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Ernest Laszlo](https://film.one/person/ernest-laszlo.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Michael Luciano](https://film.one/person/michael-luciano.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Jack Solomon: Sound Designer
- [Frank De Vol](https://film.one/person/frank-de-vol.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- William Glasgow: Art Direction
- Howard Bristol: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- Robert J. Schiffer: Makeup Artist

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