"Mike Hammer" (1984) TV series 1984-1987

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Creator:

Larry Brody

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

26 January 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller | Drama

Plot:

The cases of Mickey Spillane's classic private eye character.

Plot Keywords:

Mike Hammer | Private Detective | Detective | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Stacy Keach

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Mike Hammer (46 episodes, 1984-1987)

Also Known As:

"Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer" (USA) (complete title)
"The New Mike Hammer" (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

60 min (46 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

There were fewer episodes in the 1984 season due to the fact that Stacy Keach had to serve a six-month jail sentence in England after being convicted of cocaine possession.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989) (TV)

The amount of earache I used to get from my girlfriend....

The girls had Terms of Endearment, Places In The Heart and One Life to Live; we had Mike Hammer. Fair swap. Fast and silly and tongue firmly planted in cheek, this series must've decimated Hollywood's supply of uplift bras and clinging tops and was just the thing for a twentysomething bloke with lots of hormones.

OK, it wasn't rocket science, but it's Spillane, not Shakespeare. Mike was cool, there was enough plot to see you through to the next starlet and there were some genuinely funny moments. Unfortunately, it was all cut short by Keach's arrest in England on drug charges; but even before that the politically-correct brigade had managed to dilute it of most of the things we watched it for to begin with.

Pity. I still want to know who the Face was.