Synopsis
The setup is pure pulp: a former prostitute (
Constance Towers) relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But in the strange, hallucinatory territory of writer-director-producer
Samuel Fuller, perverse secrets inevitably simmer beneath a seemingly wholesome surface. Featuring radical visual touches, full-throttle performances, brilliant cinematography by
Stanley Cortez, and one bizarrely beautiful musical number,
The Naked Kiss is among Fuller's greatest, boldest films.
