The Girl Hunters(1963)
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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
Movie: The Girl Hunters
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mike Hammer
Laura Knapp
Arthur Rickerby
Pat Chambers
Hy Gardner
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