The Naked Kiss is a 1964 American neo-noir[2][3] melodrama film written and directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante and Virginia Grey.

She engages in a quick tryst with local police captain Griff, who then commands her to leave town and refers her to a cathouse just across the state line that is operated by a madam named Candy.

The title of Fuller's prior film Shock Corridor (1963), also starring Towers, appears on the marquee of a theater near the bus station.

Variety offered positive contemporary review: "Good Samuel Fuller programmer about a prostie trying the straight route, The Naked Kiss is primarily a vehicle for Constance Towers.

Towers' overall effect is good, director Fuller overcoming his routine script in displaying blonde looker's acting range.

The release includes a booklet featuring an essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller's autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking.