Released:
1963-06-01

Overview:
Mickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963 adaptation of his novel. The film opens with Hammer on the downside of a years-long bender, scooped out of the gutter by a bitter cop intent on prying information from a dying man. Inspired to clean up his act by the secrets he hears, Hammer hits the streets on a personal crusade to find the love of his life. Future Bond girl Shirley Eaton costars as a glamorous society widow who goes slumming with Hammer.--Sean Axmaker

Director:
Roy Rowland

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
Crime, Mystery

• Cast:
• 
  Mickey Spillane
  as
  Mike Hammer
• 
  Shirley Eaton
  as
  Laura Knapp
• 
  Lloyd Nolan
  as
  Arthur Rickerby
• 
  Scott Peters
  as
  Pat Chambers
• 
  Hy Gardner
  as
  Hy Gardner