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 Earton costars as a glamorous society widow who goes slumming with Hammer.--Sean Axmaker
Robert Fellows | Producer |
Kenneth Talbot | Director of Photography |
Tony Inglis | Art Direction |
Philip Green | Music |
Mickey Spillane | Screenplay |
Rene Coke | Costume Design |
Roy Rowland | Screenplay |
Robert Fellows | Screenplay |
Sidney Stone | Editor |
Dan Millstein | Costume Design |