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.--Sean Axmaker
| Directing | Roy Rowland | Director |
| Production | Denis Johnson | Production Manager |
| Writing | Roy Rowland | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mickey Spillane | Novel |
| Writing | Mickey Spillane | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert Fellows | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Fellows | Producer |
| Sound | Philip Green | Music |
| Camera | Kenneth Talbot | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sidney Stone | Editor |
| Art | Tony Inglis | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rene Coke | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dan Millstein | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sidney Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jim Roddan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Fred Turtle | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Hugh Strain | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gerry Turner | Sound Recordist |
