You know, this was remade in 1987 with Kevin Costner? It was called
No Way Out and they turn the story into a Cold War drama, set in the
Pentagon, IIRC.
Jeff
On Nov 22, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Rick Helms wrote:
>
> Noticed that TCM played KISS ME DEADLY, the Ralph Meeker take on
> Mike Hammer, this morning. Followed it up with Ray Milland in THE
> BIG CLOCK.
>
> I caught the end of KMD. It's been about ten years since I last saw
> it, and damned if it isn't ten years sillier than it was last time.
> If it hadn't been nine in the morning, I'd have initiated a
> drinking game involving taking a shot every time Meeker bitch-
> slapped some poor guy. I counted three times in the last twenty
> minutes of the flick.
>
> I had to leave for work, so I missed THE BIG CLOCK, but I'm DVRing
> it to transfer to DVD.
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