Mickey Spillane's 'Mike Hammer!' (1954)
Genre : Mystery, Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Runtime : 26M
Director : Blake Edwards
Writer : Blake Edwards
Synopsis
Pilot episode of an unreleased television series. Blake Edwards filmed and sent this first television attempt to film Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 1954, but the "pilot" went unsold and was archived because it was too naturalistic and violent for the small screen at the time. It was accidentally discovered, restored and posted on the Internet. Brian Keith stars as Mike Hammer.
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