The Girl Hunters
- Released on
- Runtime
- 98 mins
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 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
Cast
- Mickey Spillane
- Shirley Eaton
- Lloyd Nolan
- Scott Peters
- Hy Gardner
- Guy Kingsley Poynter
- James Dyrenforth
- Murray Kash
- Clive Endersby
- Larry Taylor
- Larry Cross
- Nellie Hanham
- Kim Tracy
Director
- Roy Rowland
Producers
- Robert Fellows
Screenwriter
- Roy Rowland
- Mickey Spillane
- Robert Fellows