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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Samuel Fuller
Production: Criterion Collection
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
NOT RATED
Year:
1964
90 min
328 Views


But together we'll prove

our whole existence for each other.

You're the only woman

I want for my wife.

Oh, Charlie.

Charlie, what should I do?

If they condemn you for your past,

I don't want them as my friends.

Kelly, darling...

no one can forbid you tomorrow.

And I'm all your tomorrows.

All of them.

That's right.

Why should Grant want to marry

a woman like me?

Oh. Confidentially, Charlie...

we girls are always chasing dreams.

But why shouldn't I have a right

to catch mine?

Many people had a past like mine,

and they made out, didn't they?

Or did they?

Aw, of course they did.

And you know why?

Because there was always

a Rock of Gibraltar to give them strength.

Oh, and that's what Grant is.

Oh, he's the Rock -

the Rock of Gibraltar.

Oh, Charlie.

We'd be living an endless honeymoon.

Charlie.

The dread of every woman in my business

is ending up alone.

And I know that world.

And I know his world.

And that makes me a woman of two worlds.

And that's not good.

Or is it?

With him, I'm complete - a whole woman.

I'll never strike at your past,

not even with a flower.

Oh, Charlie.

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.

What should I do?

Oh, it's a wonderful day, Barney.

- It's 6:
00 in the morning, Miss Kelly.

- It's a beautiful day.

Mr. Grant is still asleep.

It's a glorious day.

Oh.

I love you. It's a deal.

You pick the place for the wedding.

Here, New York, Europe.

Right here in Grantville.

Where do you want

the wedding breakfast?

Switzerland? You were born to ski.

Venice - where Lord Byron

swam the Grand Canal.

I'll have you flown to Paris today.

You'll have your pick

of the best designers in the world.

No, I'm going to pay

for the wedding gown myself.

Oh, darling.

I've paid for every stitch on my back

all of my life.

When I marry you, it'll probably be

the last penny I lay out on my wardrobe.

I have very expensive tastes, you know.

This is your home, darling.

Oh, I'm so happy.

No abortion, understand?

Now, whether he marries you or not,

you have that baby.

Boy or girl, I'll name it Kelly.

Uh-oh. Time for rehearsal.

Mommy dear

Tell me, please

Is the world really round

Tell me where

Is the bluebird of happiness found

Tell me why

Is the sky

Up above so blue

And when you were a child

Did your mommy tell you

What becomes of the sun

When it falls in the sea

And who lights it again

As bright can be

Tell me why

Can't I fly

Without wings

Through the sky

Tell me why

Mommy dear

Are there tears

In your eyes

Little ones, little ones

Yes, the world's really round

And the bluebird you search for

It surely is found

And the sky up above

Is so blue and clear

So that you'll see the bluebird

If it should come near

And the sun doesn't fall

In the sea out of sight

All it does is make way

For the moon's pretty light

And if children could fly

There'd be no need for birds

And I cry, little ones

'Cause I'm touched by your words

Don't be sad, Mommy dear

If it's true the world is round

I will search

Round the world

Till the bluebird is found

Little one, there's no need

To wander too far

For what you really seek

Is right here where you are

Show me where, Mommy dear

And here's what I will do

I will take

The dear bluebird

I will give it to you

Dear, the bluebird's

the love in your heart

Pure and true

And I found it the day

Heaven blessed me

With you

Hey, Sam, come here a minute.

Maybe you can figure out your boss.

I can't.

I've just asked him to be best man,

and look at his face.

- I'm going to marry Kelly.

- Congratulations.

- Thanks. What's the matter, Griff?

- Who's giving her away?

Dr. Gomez. And Josephine's

gonna be maid of honor.

- Wonderful.

- And, Sam, uh...

I'd like Joanne to be

one of the flower girls.

- She'll love it.

- Thanks.

Come on, Griff,

get if off your chest.

I'm going to be a flower girl!

I'm gonna be a flower girl!

I'm gonna be a flower girl!

Now, what did your daddy

teach you to say?

Oh. Congratulations, Uncle Grant.

Thank you, Bunny.

C-A-T. Cat.

K-I-T-T-E-N.

Kitten.

D-O-G. Dog.

C-A-T. Cat.

Uh, Paul.

C-A-T. Cat.

K-I-T-T-E-N.

Kitten.

D-O-G. Dog.

Sylvia.

D-O-G. Dog.

C-A-T. Cat.

K-I-T -

Well?

What is it, Griff?

What's the matter?

Grant asked me to be best man.

You've got 30 minutes

to get out of town...

and I don't mean finding a bed

at Candy's across the river.

May I phone him?

I'll tell him sayonara for you.

He'll roll with the punch a lot easier

if it comes from me.

Yeah, he would at that.

Mr. Grant, please.

Kelly.

I told him all about myself, Griff.

And about you and the $20.

No. I did not identify you.

And I told him my track record as a call girl

before he asked me to marry him.

Hello, darling.

Hold on a minute.

Griff wants to tell you something.

Hello, Griff.

Hello? Hello?

I just - just wanted to tell you one thing.

You're the luckiest guy in the world.

Congratulations.

I'll be seeing you later.

I'll see you.

That's the... big score -

falling in love with the right person and...

being loved.

I'll be best man, Kelly.

Lotta luck, Kelly.

Lotta luck.

Miss Kelly.

Oh.

You forgot the veil. The veil.

I still think it's bad luck

to show him that dress...

surprise or no surprise.

Barney has the day off,

and I'm cooking dinner for him.

Bless you.

Have a good time.

Mommy dear

Tell me, please

Is the world really round

Tell me where

Is the bluebird of happiness found

Tell me why

Is the sky

Up above so blue

And when you were a child

Did your mommy tell you

What becomes of the sun

When it falls in the sea

And who lights it again

As bright can be

Tell me why

Can't I fly

Without wings

Through the sky

Tell me why

Mommy dear

Are there tears

In your eyes

Little ones, little ones

Yes, the world's really round

Now you know why I can never

marry a normal woman.

That's why I love you.

You understand my sickness.

You've been conditioned

to people like me.

You live in my world,

and it will be an exciting world.

My darling...

our - our marriage will be a paradise...

because we're -

we're both abnormal.

There'd be no need for birds

And I cry, little ones

'Cause I'm touched by your words

Don't be sad, Mommy dear

If it's true the world is round

I will search

Round the world

Till the bluebird is found

Little one, there's no need

To wander too far

For what you really seek

Is right here where you are

Show me where, Mommy dear

And here's what I will do

I will take

The dear bluebird

I will give it to you

Once before,

a man's kiss tasted like that.

He was put away in a psycho ward.

Oh, I got the same taste

the first time Grant kissed me.

It was a -

What we call a - a "naked kiss. "

It's the sign of a pervert.

I'm gonna keep asking you the same question

until you tell me the truth.

Why did you kill him?

He was molesting a child.

- He broke off the wedding.

- The child ran out.

- So you tried blackmail.

- He couldn't marry a normal woman.

And he was going

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Samuel Fuller

Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director known for low-budget, understated genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system. Fuller wrote his first screenplay for Hats Off in 1936, and made his directorial debut with the Western I Shot Jesse James (1949). He would continue to direct several other Westerns and war thrillers throughout the 1950s. Fuller shifted from Westerns and war thrillers in the 1960s with his low-budget thriller Shock Corridor in 1963, followed by the neo-noir The Naked Kiss (1964). He was inactive in filmmaking for most of the 1970s, before writing and directing the war epic The Big Red One (1980), and the experimental White Dog (1982), whose screenplay he co-wrote with Curtis Hanson. more…

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