The Naked Kiss

The Naked Kiss
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Written bySamuel Fuller
Produced bySamuel Fuller
StarringConstance Towers
Anthony Eisley
Michael Dante
Virginia Grey
CinematographyStanley Cortez
Edited byJerome Thoms
Music byPaul Dunlap
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • October 29, 1964 (1964-10-29) (U.S.)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000[1]

The Naked Kiss is a 1964 American neo-noir[2][3] melodrama film written and directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante and Virginia Grey.[4] It was Fuller's second film for Allied Artists after his 1963 film Shock Corridor.

  1. ^ Ezra Goodman (February 28, 1965). "Low-Budget Movies With POW!: Most fans never heard of director Sam Fuller, but to some film buffs he has real class. Low-Budget Movies". New York Times. p. SM42.
  2. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
  3. ^ Schwartz, Ronald (2005). Neo-noir: The New Film Noir Style from Psycho to Collateral. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8108-5676-9.
  4. ^ The Naked Kiss at IMDb.