WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Dec. 11 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute, in collaboration with Images Cinema, continues its Noir Film Series with a screening of "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955). 

 

This program takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium.

 

According to a press release:

 

In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private detective Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. (Run time: 1 hour, 46 minutes)

 

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.