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
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
Guy Kingsley Poynter
as Larry Snyder
James Dyrenforth
as Bayliss
Murray Kash
as Richie Cole
Clive Endersby
as Duck-Duck
Larry Taylor
as Dragon
Larry Cross
as Red Markham
Nellie Hanham
as Landlady
