Mike Hammer (TV Series)

A Shot in the Arm (1958)

Darren McGavin: Mike Hammer

Quotes 

• [discussing the man Vivian shot] 

  Alex : He's very rich, Mike. He might try blackmail.

  Mike Hammer : Not with her packin' a rod. Her aim could improve.

• Mike Hammer : You want to kill me, Joe? I don't want to kill you. Not quite, just close.

• Mike Hammer : [narrating]  Joe Sale and Rick Stoner knew how to work a man over - inside stuff - low, no scars. A beautiful operation... my recovery room was an alley down by the river, but they'd three fatal mistakes. One: trying to hook Vivian the very first night she got her wings; two: thinking I'd let her give me the slip, and three: not killing me dead when they had their chance.

• Norman Sheridan : You're intelligent; you've been around. You know that anything in the world can be chaned for a price.

  Mike Hammer : I'l make that your epitaph.

• Norman Sheridan : Hammer, what do you want?

  Mike Hammer : I want to kill you, but you won't go for your gun. I'll just have to settle for watching you burn.