After giving a ride home to a lone female hitchhiker, Mike Hammer’s car is waylaid by thugs, causing an accident. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he finds himself embroiled in a complex mystery, which he pursues in the hope that 'something big' is behind it all.

Robert Aldrich’s 1955 classic is a paranoid Cold War noir that radically transforms the L.A. landscape - especially the now-demolished Bunker Hill - into a stage for atomic-era terror and ultimate destruction.

This screening is part of Violet Hour’s City of Angels season, where we peel back the silver screen and gaze into the sordid underworld of Los Angeles. A city of duality, this season is an ode to the ultimate American nightmare masquerading as a dream.

About Violet Hour

Violet Hour showcases the dark, transgressive and enigmatic side of the screen. Exploring the darker aspects of life through cinema, we screen and discuss works that unsettle, undo us and challenge our perceptions ~