Kill Me Deadly new-release a high-end art thief

a high-end art thief

was equally at home in front of and behind the lens and was a powerful force in early black cinema

86 minutes - Color - 1970

Driven to thievery by hard times amid Australia's gold rush

and The Secret of Mel's Diner

Kill Me Deadly new-release a high-end art thiefIt's 1947, hard boiled private dick Charlie Nickels' client is murdered and her priceless diamond stolen. The investigation forces Charlie to do the one thing he vowed he would never do again: trust a dame. Kill Me, Deadly has the look and feel of the classic noirs of the 1940's, a classic love story with deceit, murder, double and triple crosses all wrapped in comedy. That's right, comedy.