Girl Hunters (1963)

Girl Hunters (1963) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1963 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roy Rowland

Written By:
Robert Fellows
Roy Rowland

Actors:
Mickey Spillane ..... Mike Hammer
Shirley Eaton ..... Laura Knapp
Scott Peters ..... Police Captain Pat Chambers
Guy Kingsley Poynter ..... Dr. Larry Snyder
James Dyrenforth ..... Bayliss Henry
Charles Farrell ..... Joe Grissi
Kim Tracy ..... Nurse
Hy Gardner ..... Himself - the Columnist
Lloyd Nolan ..... Federal Agent Arthur Rickerby
Benny Lee ..... Nat Drutman
Murray Kash ..... Richie Cole
Bill Nagy ..... Georgie
Clive Endersby ..... Duck-Duck
Ricardo Montez ..... Skinny Guy (as Richard Montez)
Larry Cross ..... Red Markham

Synopsis:

Novelist Mickey Spillane portrays his own creation, Mike Hammer, in The Girl Hunters. Hammer has spent seven years in an alcoholic funk after the supposed death of his secretary, Velda. He is brought back to the land of the living by his old friendly enemy, police lieutenant Pat Chambers (Scott Peters), who wants Hammer to extract some information out of a dying federal agent. This puts Mike on the trail of a subversive communist organization, the key to which seems to be sexy Laura Knapp (Shirley Eaton), the widow of a murdered senator. When Hammer determines that following this espionage trail may lead to relocating Velda, who might not be dead after all, he pursues matters with his usual fascistic tendency to pummel first and ask questions later. The Girl Hunters is the film in which Mike Hammer incapacitates an opponent by literally nailing the latter's hands to the floor. But that's kid stuff compared to the fate in store for the treacherous Laura Knapp. The Girl Hunters was filmed in its entirety in England.

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.

Trapped in the quicksand of love...Caught up in a nightmare of murder and intrigue!

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 09 July, 2013.