Directed by:
Harry EssexScreenplay:
Harry EssexCinematography:
John AltonComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan, Mary Anderson, Tani Guthrie, Paul Dubov, John Qualen, Nestor Paiva, Charles Sullivan (more)Plots(1)
It's nearly Christmas in New York City but private investigator Mike Hammer (Biff Elliot) is out for vengeance when his closest friend Jack Williams (Robert Swanger) is murdered. Hammer vows to identify the killer ahead of the police, working his way through an increasingly large number of suspects. His starting point includes Jack's fiancée, a beautiful psychiatrist, twin socialite sisters, and a gangster. But as he tracks them down, so too does the murderer, creating a dangerous game of cat and mouse. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Biff Elliot
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Save the Tiger (1973)
The Enemy Below (1957)
Preston Foster
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Peggie Castle
USA
Best movies:
99 River Street (1953)
Shakedown (1950)
Frontier Scout (1956)
Margaret Sheridan
USA
Best movies:
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Mary Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Tani Guthrie
USA
Best movies:
Cactus Flower (1969)
Bound for Glory (1976)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Paul Dubov
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
High Noon (1952)
Shock Corridor (1963)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Colin Kenny
Ireland
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Gil Perkins
Australia
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
East of Eden (1955)
Joe Besser
USA
Best movies:
The Errand Boy (1961)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Let's Make Love (1960)
Carol Thurston
USA
Best movies:
Showdown (1963)
Conquest of Cochise (1953)
Posse from Hell (1961)
William Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Roy Engel
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
Alan Reed
USA
Best movies:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation) - a.f.
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Sailor Vincent
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
East of Eden (1955)
Tom Powers
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Tall Target (1951)
Frank Richards
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)