Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV series, 1958)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1958-1959 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 78 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Crime , drama , action |
| First broadcast | January 7, 1958 |
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is an American crime series starring Darren McGavin and the first TV series based on Mickey Spillane's die -hard private investigator. It was first broadcast from 1958 to 1959 and comprises 78 half-hour episodes filmed in black and white in two seasons.
In the 1980s, two more "Mike Hammer" series appeared (see Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV series, 1984) ). From 1997 to 1998 a fourth series called Mike Hammer, Private Eye was released. All three subsequent series are cast with Stacy Keach in the title role.
action
The series is about the adventures of die-hard private detective Mike Hammer, who solves his cases with fist, gun and charm. At his side is the police officer Pat Chambers (played by Bart Burns ).
publication
The first broadcast of the first season took place from January 7 to October 12, 1958. The second season was shown for the first time from January 2 to October 3, 1959. The series has not yet been dubbed in German.
On September 20, 2011, A&E Home Video released Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer - The Complete Series in the form of a twelve-part DVD set.
Episode list
1st season
|
No (total) |
No. (St.) |
Original title | First broadcast in the USA | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | The High Cost of Dying | Jan. 7, 1958 | Lawrence Dobkin | Ken Pettus |
| 02 | 02 | Just around the coroner | Jan. 14, 1958 | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble |
| 03 | 03 | Hot hands, cold dice | Jan. 21, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Lawrence Kimble |
| 04 | 04 | Death Gets a Diploma | Jan. 28, 1958 | Richard Irving | Hendrik Vollaerts (plot) Hendrik Vollaerts & Frank Kane (acting) |
| 05 | 05 | So That's Who It Was | Feb 11, 1958 | John English |
Ed McBain (Plot) James Gunn & Fenton Earnshaw (Actor) |
| 06 | 06 | Dead Men Don't Dream | Feb. 18, 1958 | Joe Parker | Ed McBain (plot) Frank Kane (acting) |
| 07 | 07 | Letter Edged in Blackmail | Feb 25, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 08 | 08 | Death takes on encore | 7th Mar 1958 | Richard Irving | Frank Kane |
| 09 | 09 | Lead ache | 14 Mar 1958 | Richard Irving | Frank Kane |
| 10 | 10 | Overdose of lead | 21 Mar 1958 | Boris Sagal | Curtis Cluff (Plot) Fenton Earnshaw (Actor) |
| 11 | 11 | A grave undertaking | 28 Mar 1958 | Boris Sagal | Henry Kane (Plot) Frank Kane & Fenton Earnshaw (Actor) |
| 12 | 12 | A shot in the arm | Apr 4, 1958 | John English | Richard Deming (Plot) Richard Deming & Fenton Earnshaw (Actor) |
| 13 | 13 | Stay out of town | Apr 11, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 14th | 14th | Beautiful, blue and deadly | Apr 18, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Burt Sims (Plot) Ken Pettus (Acting) |
| 15th | 15th | Skinned deep | Apr 25, 1958 | Richard Irving | Frank Kane |
| 16 | 16 | Peace Bond | May 2, 1958 | John English | Curtis Cluff (Plot) Frank Kane (Actor) |
| 17th | 17th | Play Belles' great | May 9, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 18th | 18th | For Sale, Deathbed, Used | May 16, 1958 | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble |
| 19th | 19th | Music to Die By | May 23, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 20th | 20th | My Fair Deadly | May 30, 1958 | Richard Irving | Barry Shipman |
| 21st | 21st | The new look | Jun 7, 1958 | John English | Lawrence Menkin |
| 22nd | 22nd | The Broken Frame | Jun 14, 1958 | John English | Ken Pettus |
| 23 | 23 | Look at the Old Man Go | Jun 21, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Lawrence Kimble |
| 24 | 24 | The Paper Shroud | Jun 28, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Fenton Earnshaw |
| 25th | 25th | My Son and Heir | Jul 5, 1958 | Sherman Marks | Stephen Marlowe (Plot) Lawrence Kimble (Actor) |
| 26th | 26th | Final curtain | Jul 12, 1958 | Richard Irving | Richard Ellington (plot) Frank Kane (actor) |
| 27 | 27 | A detective tail | Jul 19, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Richard Ellington (plot) Frank Kane (actor) |
| 28 | 28 | It's an art | Jul 26, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 29 | 29 | Four blind mice | Aug 2, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Ken Pettus |
| 30th | 30th | No pockets in a shroud | Aug 9, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 31 | 31 | The Living Dead | Aug 16, 1958 | Sherman Marks | Ken Pettus |
| 32 | 32 | Old Folks at Home Blues | 23 Aug 1958 | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble |
| 33 | 33 | No Business Like - | Aug 30, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Fenton Earnshaw |
| 34 | 34 | Crepe for Suzette | Sep 7 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 35 | 35 | Letter of the Weak | Sep 14 1958 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane & Lawrence Kimble |
| 36 | 36 | That School Girl Complex | 21 Sep 1958 | Boris Sagal | Ken Pettus |
| 37 | 37 | To Bury a Friend | 28 Sep 1958 | Boris Sagal | Stanley Anton (plot) Fenton Earnshaw (acting) |
| 38 | 38 | Mere maid | Oct 5, 1958 | Boris Sagal | Robert C. Dennis |
| 39 | 39 | Scar and Garter | Oct 12, 1958 | Lawrence Dobkin | Ken Pettus |
2nd season
|
No (total) |
No. (St.) |
Original title | First broadcast in the USA | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 01 | Baubles, Bangles and Blood | Jan. 2, 1959 | Richard Irving | Frank Kane |
| 41 | 02 | Accentuate the Negative | Jan. 9, 1959 | Earl Bellamy | Frank Kane |
| 42 | 03 | Requiem for a Sucker | Jan 15, 1959 | Earl Bellamy | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 43 | 04 | According to Luke | Jan. 23, 1959 | Earl Bellamy | Ken Pettus |
| 44 | 05 | Jury of One | Jan. 30, 1959 | Edward Ludlum | Ken Pettus |
| 45 | 06 | I ain't talkin ' | Feb. 7, 1959 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 46 | 07 | The big drop | Feb 14, 1959 | Boris Sagal | Carey Wilber & Bill S. Ballinger |
| 47 | 08 | Aces and Eights | Feb 21, 1959 | Boris Sagal | Frank Kane |
| 48 | 09 | Husbands Are Bad Luck | Feb. 28, 1959 | Jus Addiss | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 49 | 10 | Coney Island baby | 6th Mar 1959 | Richard Irving | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 50 | 11 | Save Me in San Salvidor | 20 Mar 1959 | Boris Sagal | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 51 | 12 | Park the body | Apr 2, 1959 | Edward Ludlum | Ken Pettus |
| 52 | 13 | Tattoo Brute | Apr 9, 1959 | Virgil W. Vogel | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 53 | 14th | Swing Low, Sweet Harriet | Apr 23, 1959 | Edward Ludlum | Ken Pettus |
| 54 | 15th | Another Man's Poisson | Apr 23, 1959 | William Witney | Ken Pettus |
| 55 | 16 | A Haze on the Lake | Apr 23, 1959 | Sidney Salkow | Kenneth A. Enochs |
| 56 | 17th | When I Am Dead, My Darling | Apr 23, 1959 | Boris Sagal | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 57 | 18th | The Last Aloha | Apr 30, 1959 | Sidney Salkow | Ken Pettus |
| 58 | 19th | Shoot Before You Look | May 1, 1959 | Ray Nazarro | Frank Kane |
| 59 | 20th | Evidence on the Record | May 8, 1959 | William Witney | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 60 | 21st | The Commodore | May 28, 1959 | Sidney Salkow | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 61 | 22nd | See No Evil | Jun 4, 1959 | Ray Nazarro | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 62 | 23 | Curtains for an Angel | Jun 4, 1959 | William Witney | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 63 | 24 | Dixie Is Dead | Jun 4, 1959 | William Witney | Bill S. Ballinger |
| 64 | 25th | M is for Mother | Jun 4, 1959 | William Witney | Ken Pettus |
| 65 | 26th | Pen Pals | Jul 7, 1959 | Ray Nazarro | Frank Kane |
| 66 | 27 | Now Die in It | Jul 7, 1959 | William Witney | |
| 67 | 28 | Slay Upon Delivery | Jul 7, 1959 | Sam Strangis | Frank Kane & Ken Pettus |
| 68 | 29 | Groomed to Kill | Jul 7, 1959 | Ray Nazarro | Robert Turner |
| 69 | 30th | Doll Trouble | Jul 7, 1959 | William Witney | Barry Shipman |
| 70 | 31 | I remember Sally | Jul 7, 1959 | William Witney | Ken Pettus |
| 71 | 32 | Wedding mourning | Jul 7, 1959 | William Witney | Barry Shipman |
| 72 | 33 | Merchant of Menace | Jul 7, 1959 | William Witney | Robert Turner |
| 73 | 34 | Stocks and Blondes | Aug 7, 1959 | Ray Nazarro | Robert Turner |
| 74 | 35 | Siamese Twinge | Sep 18 1959 | William Witney | Ken Pettus |
| 75 | 36 | Goodbye, Al | Sep 18 1959 | Frank Arrigo | Ken Pettus |
| 76 | 37 | Bride and Doom | Oct 3, 1959 | William Witney | Robert Turner |
| 77 | 38 | Slab Happy | Oct 3, 1959 | Frank Arrigo | Ken Pettus |
| 78 | 39 | A mugging evening | Oct 3, 1959 | William Witney | Frank Kane & Robert Turner |
Web links
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in the online motion picture database
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer at Fernsehserien.de
- Mike Hammer at epguides.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Hammer - 'The Complete Series' of the' 50s Show Starring Darren McGavin Comes to DVD! . tvshowsondvd.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017.