He's honestly not much better than the people he's up against. Whereas in the books Hammer was merely a standard Private Eye ( Jerkass at times, but otherwise good), this movie made him a goddamn sadist. Adaptational Villainy: This film did not do Mike Hammer any favors.
Adaptational Mundanity: Inverted: the "Great Whatsit" and everything related to it didn't exist in the Hammer story that inspired this film, and although Gabrielle still goes off like a Roman candle in it, it's because it is revealed she constantly slathers herself in alcohol to stave off the pain of a highly-burned body and Hammer exploits it with a Reusable Lighter Toss.He picks her up, from then on becoming embroiled in a plot involving murder, missing scientists and a mysterious box. She stops a car driven by private divorce detective Mike Hammer. Originally unsuccessful upon its theatrical release, it is now considered one of the classic examples of Film Noir and was later cited as influential among directors of the French New Wave and also Quentin Tarantino when he made Pulp Fiction.Ī terrified young woman named Christina Bailey ( Cloris Leachman in her first credited screen role) wearing only a trenchcoat is running down a highway at night. Spillane didn't much care for the film, as it actually deconstructed his macho, tough guy creation and differed from the original story by involving Cold War espionage and a nuclear MacGuffin. Bet you do push-ups every morning just to keep your belly hard.ġ955 Film Noir adaptation of the Crime Fiction novel by Mickey Spillane, directed by Robert Aldrich ( The Dirty Dozen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) and starring Ralph Meeker as Los Angeles Private Detective Mike Hammer. You're one of those self-indulgent males who thinks about nothing but his clothes, his car, himself. Christina Bailey: You have only one real lasting love.Ĭhristina Bailey: You.
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