The read
A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy RowlandScreenplay
- Mickey SpillaneScreenplay
- Robert FellowsScreenplay
- Roy RowlandDirector
Cast
- Mickey SpillaneMike Hammer
- Shirley EatonLaura Knapp
- Lloyd NolanArthur Rickerby
- Scott PetersPat Chambers
- Hy GardnerHy Gardner
- Guy Kingsley PoynterLarry Snyder
- James DyrenforthBayliss
- Murray KashRichie Cole
- Clive EndersbyDuck-Duck
- Larry TaylorDragon
- Larry CrossRed Markham
- Nellie HanhamLandlady
