The Naked Kiss movie storyline. 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.
The Naked Kiss is a 1964 American neo-noir melodrama film, written and directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, and Virginia Grey. The film follows a former prostitute who attempts to assimilate in suburbia after fleeing her pimp, but finds that the small town to which she has relocated is not as picturesque as she had believed. It was Fuller’s second film for Allied Artists after his 1963 film Shock Corridor.
The Naked Kiss (1964)
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, Virginia Grey, Linda Francis, Sheila Mintz, Jean-Michel Michenaud, Patricia Gayle, George Spell, Bill Sampson, Sally Mills
Screenplay by: Samuel Fuller
Production Design by:
Cinematography by: Stanley Cortez
Film Editing by: Jerome Thoms
Set Decoration by: Victor A. Gangelin
Art Direction by: Eugène Lourié
Makeup Department: Harry Thomas
Music by: Paul Dunlap
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release Date: October 29, 1964 (United States)
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