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The Naked Kiss

The Naked Kiss

  • Status: Released
  • 29-10-1964
  • Runtime: 93 min
  • Score: 6.968
  • Vote count: 185

A former prostitute works to create a new life for herself in a small town, but a shocking discovery could threaten everything.

Constance Towers

Kelly

Michael Dante

J.L. Grant

Anthony Eisley

Capt. Griff

Virginia Grey

Candy

Patsy Kelly

Mac, Head Nurse

Marie Devereux

Buff

Karen Conrad

Dusty

Linda Francis

Rembrandt

Bill Sampson

Jerry

Sheila Mintz

Receptionist

Edy Williams

Hatrack

Betty Bronson

Miss Josephine

Jean-Michel Michenaud

Kip

Patsy Kelly

Mac

Patricia Gayle

Nurse

George Spell

Tim

Christopher Barrey

Peanuts

Patty Robinson

Angel Face

Betty Robinson

Bunny

Breena Howard

Redhead

Sally Mills

Marshmallow

Monte Mansfield

Farlunde

Barbara Perry

Edna

Walter Mathews

Mike

Neyle Morrow

Officer Sam

Gerald Milton

Zookie

Fletcher Fist

Barney

Michael Barrere

Young Delinquent

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When "Kelly" (Constance Towers) meets "Griff" (Anthony Eisley) on a park bench she is armed with nothing but a smile and a case of champagne. She's a saleswoman for the stuff, don't you know! Suffice to say, the two end up drinking a bit of her stock and this starts the ball rolling on a relationship that is full of ups and downs, pitfalls, betrayal and we even get a song. We learn pretty quickly that "Kelly" is escaping a rather seedy past and that "Griff" isn't all he's cracked up to be either. Soppy melodrama? Well no, actually. The two - and a solid, if unremarkable, supporting cast edge this story forward in quite an innovative, almost exciting, fashion. There is a chemistry between Towers and the rather bland Eisley that keeps this bubbling along as they constantly try to out-manoeuvre one another. Might they even be in love in this epitome of middle-class dullness and double standards that they find themselves living? It doesn't hang around with a solid, sometimes poignantly effective, script and the fact that there isn't an out and out star here helps focus on the performances and the story a bit more. It oozes a sexiness in an understated sort of fashion and though I doubt I will ever watch it again, I did find it (her) quite compelling to watch.