Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984)

Original title

Mike Hammer

Genre

crime television series

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 46 episodes

Rated

16+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This crime drama follows private eye Mike Hammer in 1980s New York as he solves murder cases. Stacy Keach plays the hardboiled detective who often works outside the law to get results.

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What happens

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (later titled The New Mike Hammer), with Stacy Keach in the title role, is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984, to May 13, 1987. The series consisted of 51 installments: 46 one-hour episodes, a two-part pilot episode (More Than Murder), and three TV movies (Murder Me, Murder You, The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All. Murder Me, Murder You was initially envisioned as a stand-alone TV movie, but ultimately became a backdoor pilot for the series when it was received positively by audiences). The movies and series were produced under the guidance of executive producer Jay Bernstein, who acquired the television rights from his close friend Mickey Spillane for one dollar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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