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Synopsis: Kelly, a prostitute, traumatised by an experience, referred to as 'The Naked Kiss,' by psychiatrists, leaves her past, and finds solace in the town of Grantville. She meets Griff, the police captain of the town, with whom she spends a romantic afternoon. Kelly finds a job as a nurse in a hospital for handicapped children. The work helps her find her sensitive side in the caring and helping of her young patients. Kelly's path towards happiness is thrown amiss, when she witnesses a shocking event, which threatens not just her happiness, but her mental health as well.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Samuel Fuller
Production: Criterion Collection
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
NOT RATED
Year:
1964
90 min
298 Views


I'm a stranger in town.

Don't you need my character reference?

Your reference is that face, Miss Kelly.

Good heavens. I forgot.

I'll have to move Charlie

out of your room.

Charlie?

I wouldn't want him to bother you

while you're asleep.

I named it Charlie

after a gentleman I was to marry.

I've kept this room ready for him...

ever since I got the president's wire

that Charlie was killed in the war.

That was 20 years ago.

Oh, I'd come up here all the time

and talk to Charlie.

Last week, I realized

the president was right -

that Charlie was dead

and I'd never get married.

Well, I'll move him downstairs.

- Oh, he won't be in the way.

- You don't mind?

No. In fact, it'll do me good

to talk to him now and then.

Well, he'll always agree with you.

- Hello, Griff.

- Hi, Marshmallow.

Hey, Griff. I can get more refined types

than the bonbons that work in this rathole.

I'll put Grantville on the map.

- You will? You really think you can?

- Well, sure!

How can I lose with John Law

on my team?

Are you sure you don't want

a bonbon, Griff?

Get back to the stable.

He's not buying your chocolates, Candy.

Go earn your money.

Check the stock.

- Who you looking for, Griff?

- Kelly.

Kelly? No Kelly here.

Do I know him?

Well, I sent her here.

Another female.

A pro, and she's got class.

Well, we can use a little class

in this shop.

Just get a load of my bonbons.

They're all a flock of broken-down bimmies.

- All except Hatrack.

- Hatrack?

Mmm. The name suits her, all right.

There isn't a customer here who doesn't

want to hang his fedora on her.

Hey, Hatrack. Come over here.

Did I do something wrong?

Oh, Griff.

How are you, Griff?

I'm so glad to see you again.

Do we know each other?

We met in the park in Grantville,

near the fountain.

On a Thursday.

Don't you remember me?

Sure. You came in by bus.

Sure, I remember.

It was very kind of you

to recommend me to Candy.

I just love selling bonbons.

You were a platinum blonde.

Oh, she was, but, uh, the color

clashed with my upholstery...

so I made her go back

to her own natural peasant color.

The customer in the booth

has a sweet tooth.

Are you going to stick around

for a while, Griff?

The customer.

Bonbon, sir?

Boy, you sure pick 'em, Griff.

I sure can.

Then why that, uh, hangdog look

when you learned that this Kelly didn't show?

How about a snort in the office?

I'm not thirsty.

Paris! Have you been to those places?

- No.

- But these are originals.

Ultra, ultra expensive.

What about that factory

outside of town?

Oh, I'm afraid there's no job open

at Grant Mill.

Grant? Grant this, Grant that.

He seems to own everything around here.

His great-great-grandfather

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Samuel Fuller

Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director known for low-budget, understated genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system. Fuller wrote his first screenplay for Hats Off in 1936, and made his directorial debut with the Western I Shot Jesse James (1949). He would continue to direct several other Westerns and war thrillers throughout the 1950s. Fuller shifted from Westerns and war thrillers in the 1960s with his low-budget thriller Shock Corridor in 1963, followed by the neo-noir The Naked Kiss (1964). He was inactive in filmmaking for most of the 1970s, before writing and directing the war epic The Big Red One (1980), and the experimental White Dog (1982), whose screenplay he co-wrote with Curtis Hanson. more…

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