• Source: The Girl Hunters (film)

      • The Girl Hunters (1963) is a British crime drama film directed by Roy Rowland and adapted from the 1962 Mickey Spillane pulp novel of the same name. Exteriors were shot on location in New York with studio scenes in London.
      Spillane stars as private detective Mike Hammer, one of the few occasions in film history in which an author of a popular literary hero has portrayed his own character. The film also stars Shirley Eaton, Lloyd Nolan and columnist Hy Gardner as himself.
      Producer Robert Fellows intended to follow the film with Spillane's The Snake, but the second film was never produced.


      Plot


      Ever since his assistant Velda went missing, private detective Mike Hammer has been drinking and he is now homeless. Although Hammer hasn't worked a case in seven years, his old police friend Capt. Pat Chambers asks for his assistance on a job. Chambers and Hammer were both in love with Velda, which had ended their friendship. The case involves a senator who has been murdered.
      Hammer is needed to talk with Richie Cole, a dying sailor who refuses to speak with anybody else. According to federal agent Art Rickerby, not only has Richie been shot by the same gun recently used to kill a politician, he is actually an undercover federal agent.
      Hammer's investigation leads to Laura Knapp, the late senator's widow. She is beautiful and seductive, but Hammer does not trust her. He learns that they are caught in the fallout from a network of spies operating during World War II. Now a killer nicknamed the Dragon is trying to silence people who had information about the spy operation. Hammer finds and kills the Dragon. He confronts Laura with his suspicions about her involvement. Laura fires a shotgun that Hammer had rigged to backfire in order to test her loyalty. It is not clear if Velda is still alive.


      Cast


      Mickey Spillane as Mike Hammer
      Shirley Eaton as Laura Knapp
      Scott Peters as Police Captain Pat Chambers
      Guy Kingsley Poynter as Dr. Larry Snyder
      Charles Farrell as Joe Grissi
      Kim Tracy as Nurse
      Hy Gardner as himself - The Columnist
      Lloyd Nolan as Federal Agent Arthur Rickerby
      Benny Lee as Nat Drutman
      Murray Kash as Richie Cole
      Bill Nagy as Georgie
      Hal Galili as a thug with an ice pick


      Production


      Spillane recalled meeting crime figure Billy Hill in London and invited him to the film set. According to Spillane, Hill provided firearms that were used in the film. Spillane also noted that the producers surrounded him with actors who were shorter than he was.


      References




      External links


      The Girl Hunters at IMDb
      The Girl Hunters at the TCM Movie Database

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