The Girl Hunters (1963)
Overview
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
Cast
Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer
Shirley Eaton
Laura Knapp
Lloyd Nolan
Arthur Rickerby
Scott Peters
Pat Chambers
Hy Gardner
Hy Gardner
Larry Cross
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