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Frank Morrison Spillane (/ s p ɪ ˈ l eɪ n /; March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, called the "king of pulp fiction". [2] His stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer .
Michael J. Spillane (July 13, 1933 – May 13, 1977) was an Irish-American mobster who controlled Hell's Kitchen in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Spillane, the so-called “Gentleman Gangster", [1] was a marked contrast to the violent Westies mob members who succeeded him in Hell's Kitchen.
Murder Me, Murder You is a 1983 American made-for-television mystery film starring Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's iconic hardboiled private detective Mike Hammer.The film was a follow-up to another television film first aired in 1981, Margin for Murder, in which the fictitious gumshoe was portrayed by Kevin Dobson.
The first film version of I, the Jury was shot in 1953 and was released through United Artists.After a four-picture contract was signed with Spillane, the movie was filmed, in 3-D, featuring Biff Elliot (as Mike Hammer), Preston Foster and Peggie Castle.
The Girl Hunters is a 1963 British crime drama film directed by Roy Rowland and starring Mickey Spillane, Shirley Eaton, Lloyd Nolan and columnist Hy Gardner. [2] It was written by Spillane, Robert Fellows and Rowland, adapted from the 1962 Spillane pulp novel of the same name. Exteriors were shot on location in New York with studio scenes in ...
Kiss Me, Deadly (1952) is Mickey Spillane's sixth novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. The novel was later loosely adapted into the film Kiss Me Deadly in 1955. Plot summary
The Girl Hunters is Mickey Spillane's seventh novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. It was adapted for the screen in 1963; Spillane himself played Mike Hammer. Plot
The Big Kill is Mickey Spillane's fifth novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. Plot summary. Drinking at a seedy bar on a rainy night, Hammer notices a man ...