An amnesiac finally learns his true identity...as a murder suspect. And he doesn't even know whether he is guilty...An amnesiac finally learns his true identity...as a murder suspect. And he doesn't even know whether he is guilty...An amnesiac finally learns his true identity...as a murder suspect. And he doesn't even know whether he is guilty...
Shirley Patterson
- Carol Shay
- (as Shawn Smith)
Jack Chefe
- Bank Employee
- (uncredited)
John Cliff
- Heckling Workman
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Man Leaving Hotel
- (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
- Foreman
- (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
- Croupier
- (uncredited)
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- ConnectionsReferenced in Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)
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Tony Quinn's shot at "Mike Hammer" (almost, anyway)
Girls, guns, fists, and fedoras abound in Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled yarn about an amnesiac (Anthony Quinn) who can't remember if he stole a quarter mil from his boss (a doddering Charles Coburn) or killed the town's D.A. ...not to mention the fact that his girl went and got plastic surgery, so he doesn't know who she is, either. Could it be Venus (a smoking hot Peggie Castle) or one of the other babes who swarm around the craggy Quinn like moths to a flame when he's not dodging bullets? Far-fetched fun for fans of obscure fifties noir with as much sex & violence as the Code allowed -and some of it is quite surreal, especially a bound & gagged Castle crawling across the floor as if in an S&M fever dream.
Director Saville and leading lady Castle filmed Mickey Spillane's I, THE JURY the year before (in 3D, no less) but that "Mike Hammer" mystery was more of a sucker punch thanks to Biff Elliot's powder puff PI. It's too bad he and Tony hadn't traded films...
Director Saville and leading lady Castle filmed Mickey Spillane's I, THE JURY the year before (in 3D, no less) but that "Mike Hammer" mystery was more of a sucker punch thanks to Biff Elliot's powder puff PI. It's too bad he and Tony hadn't traded films...
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- Sep 8, 2015
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,500,000
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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