The Girl Hunters (1963)
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30% of users liked it
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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… More 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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roy Rowland
- Written By
- Roy Rowland, Robert Fellows
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1963 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A miscast Spillane manages to stumble over his own lame dialogue.
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Cast
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Mickey Spillane
as Mike Hammer
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Shirley Eaton
as Laura Knapp, Victim's widow
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Lloyd Nolan
as Art Rickerby
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Hy Gardner
as Himself
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Scott Peters
as Pat Chambers
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Guy Kingsley Poynter
as Dr. Larry Snyder
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Kim Tracy
as Nurse
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Benny Lee
as Nat Drutman
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Murray Kash
as Richie Cole
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Bill Nagy
as Georgia
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Clive Endersby
as Duck-Duck
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Richard Montez
as Skinny Guy
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Larry Cross
as Red Markham
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Tony Arpino
as Cab Driver
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Hal Galili
as Bouncer
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Michael Brennan
as Police
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Howard Greene
as Police
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Larry Taylor
as The Dragon
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James Dyrenforth
as Bayliss Henry
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Charles Farrell
as Joe Grissi
