Directed by:
Robert AldrichScreenplay:
A.I. BezzeridesCinematography:
Ernest LaszloComposer:
Frank De VolCast:
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Marjorie Bennett, Mort Marshall, Cloris Leachman, Robert Cornthwaite (more)Plots(1)
Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Ralph Meeker
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Albert Dekker
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Beau Geste (1939)
Paul Stewart
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Juano Hernandez
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
The Pawnbroker (1964)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Wesley Addy
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Network (1976)
Marian Carr
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Marjorie Bennett
Australia
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Limelight (1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Mort Marshall
USA
Best movies:
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
The Mean Machine (1974)
The Grissom Gang (1971)
Cloris Leachman
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Robert Cornthwaite
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Jack Elam
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Leigh Snowden
USA
Best movies:
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Francis in the Navy (1955)
Strother Martin
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Jerry Zinneman
Best movies:
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Leonard Bremen
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Front Page (1974)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Nick Dennis
Greece
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Spartacus (1960)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
James Seay
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Bing Russell
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Silvio Minciotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Wrong Man (1956)
House of Strangers (1949)
Marty (1955)