
The Girl Hunters
Crime · Mystery
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
Top Cast


Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer


Shirley Eaton
Shirley Eaton
Laura Knapp
Shirley Eaton
Laura Knapp


Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan
Arthur Rickerby
Lloyd Nolan
Arthur Rickerby


Scott Peters
Scott Peters
Pat Chambers
Scott Peters
Pat Chambers


Hy Gardner
Hy Gardner
Hy Gardner
Hy Gardner
Hy Gardner
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Larry Snyder
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Larry Snyder
James Dyrenforth
James Dyrenforth
Bayliss
James Dyrenforth
Bayliss
Murray Kash
Murray Kash
Richie Cole
Murray Kash
Richie Cole
Clive Endersby
Clive Endersby
Duck-Duck
Clive Endersby
Duck-Duck
Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor
Dragon
Larry Taylor
Dragon
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