The Girl Hunters

The Girl Hunters

Rough! Ripping! Raw!

NR 1963 · 98 min · ★ 5.7 · Crime, Mystery

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

Directed by Roy Rowland · Written by Roy Rowland

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Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer
Shirley Eaton Laura Knapp
Lloyd Nolan Arthur Rickerby
Scott Peters Pat Chambers
Hy Gardner Hy Gardner
Guy Kingsley Poynter Larry Snyder
James Dyrenforth Bayliss
Murray Kash Richie Cole
Clive Endersby Duck-Duck
Larry Taylor Dragon
Larry Cross Red Markham
Nellie Hanham Landlady

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