One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
Mickey Spillane | Novel |
Robert Aldrich | Director |
A.I. Bezzerides | Screenplay |
Victor Saville | Executive Producer |
Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
Michael Luciano | Editor |
Robert Aldrich | Producer |
Frank De Vol | Music |
Jack Solomon | Sound Designer |
William Glasgow | Art Direction |