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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%. Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 55 1950s mystery movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
420 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert AldrichDirector
- A.I. BezzeridesScreenplay
- Frank De VolOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ralph MeekerMike Hammer
- Albert DekkerDr. G.E. Soberin
- Paul StewartCarl Evello
- Juano HernándezEddie Yeager
- Wesley AddyLt. Pat Murphy
- Marian CarrFriday
- Maxine CooperVelda
- Cloris LeachmanChristina Bailey
- Gaby RodgersLily Carver
- Nick DennisNick
- Jack LambertSugar Smallhouse
- Jack ElamCharlie Max
