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The Naked Kiss ()

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A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.
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Kelly
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Griff
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Grant
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Candy
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Mac
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Miss Josephine
Marie Devereux ...
Buff
Karen Conrad ...
Dusty
Linda Francis ...
Rembrandt
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Edna
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Mike
Betty Robinson ...
Bunny
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Kip (as Gerald Michenaud)
Christopher Barrey ...
Peanuts (as Christopher Barry)
George Spell ...
Tim
Patty Robinson ...
Angel Face
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Officer Sam
Monte Mansfield ...
Farlunde
Fletcher Fist ...
Barney
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Zookie
Breena Howard ...
Redhead
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Marshmallow
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Hatrack
Michael Barrere ...
Young Delinquent (as Michel Barrere)
Patricia Gayle ...
Nurse
Sheila Mintz ...
Receptionist
Bill Sampson ...
Jerry
Charlie ...
Self (as 'Charlie')
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Girl in Wheelchair (uncredited)

Directed by

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Samuel Fuller

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Samuel Fuller ... (written by)

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Sam Firks ... executive producer (uncredited)
Leon Fromkess ... executive producer (uncredited)
Samuel Fuller ... producer

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Paul Dunlap

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Stanley Cortez ... director of photography

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Jerome Thoms

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Eugène Lourié ... (as Eugene Lourie)

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Victor A. Gangelin ... (as Victor Gangelin)

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Harry Thomas ... makeup supervisor

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Herbert G. Luft ... production manager

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Nate Levinson ... assistant director
John Gaudioso ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Tom Coleman ... property master (as Tom C. Coleman)

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Leonard Corso ... sound effects editor
Al Overton ... recording supervisor (as Alfred J. Overton)

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Frank Dugas ... camera operator

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Einar Bourman ... costumer (as Einar H. Bourman)

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Peter Zinner ... music editor

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John Dutton ... script supervisor
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Plot Summary

The setup is pure pulp: A former prostitute (a crackerjack Constance Towers) relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But in the strange, hallucinatory territory of writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller, perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface. Featuring radical visual touches, full-throttle performances, brilliant cinematography by Stanley Cortez, and one bizarrely beautiful musical number, The Naked Kiss is among Fuller's greatest, boldest entertainments.

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Taglines Candy's Place--where all kinds of men find all kinds of sweets! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Iron Kiss (United States)
  • Police spéciale (France)
  • L'incorruptible (France)
  • Una luz en el hampa (Spain)
  • Booseye Berahne (Iran, Persian title)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia Both this and Samuel Fuller's previous movie Shock Corridor (1963) were rejected for UK cinema certificates and remained unavailable until 1990. See more »
Goofs When Kelly approaches the porch of the house with the room for rent, she picks up the newspaper and hands it to the landlady who has opened the door. The newspaper, as picked up by Kelly, is snugly rolled up and bound with a rubber band, but in the next frame, taken from inside as we see landlady and Kelly come through the door, the newspaper in the landlady's hand is not a rolled up paper, but one that is simply folded in half. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 10 (2007). See more »
Soundtracks Santa Lucia See more »
Crazy Credits "Charlie" played by Himself. Charlie is Miss Josephine's dressmaker's dummy, which she has dressed as her fiancé, who was killed in World War II. See more »
Quotes Buff: [Referring to the offer to work at Candy's club as a prostitute, which Kelly seeks to talk her out of] Friend said I could make 300 dollars a week.
Kelly: All right, go ahead. You know what's different about the first night? Nothing. Nothing... except it lasts forever, that's all. You'll be sleeping on the skin of a nightmare for the rest of your life. Oh, you're a beautiful girl, Buff. Young... Oh, they'll outbid each other for you. You'll get clothes, compliments, cash... And you'll meet men *you* live on... and men who live on you. And those are the only men you'll meet. And, after a steady grind of making EVERY john feel at home, you'll become a block of ice. If you do happen to melt a little, you'll get slipped a tip behind Candy's back. You'll be every man's wife-in-law, and no man's wife. Why, your world with Candy will become so warped that you'll hate all men. And you'll hate yourself! Because you'll become a social problem, a medical problem, a MENTAL problem!... And a despicable failure as a woman.
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