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- Spillane's novels have been adapted many times in film and television. Spillane himself played the role of a detective in the movie (Ring of Fear / Ring of Fear, 1954). Films based on his novels became classics, including Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and The Girl Hunters (1963), with his own participation.
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Mickey Spillane Movies. I, The Jury (1953, United Artists): Directed by Harry Essex and starring Biff Elliot as Mike Hammer.
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1. Kiss Me Deadly. 1955 1h 46m Approved. 7.5 (22K) Rate. A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit". Director Robert Aldrich Stars Ralph Meeker Albert Dekker Paul Stewart. 82 (5) 35mm, B&W, 1.85:1, Mono. Blu-ray (Criterion: 1.67:1) 2. I, the Jury.
Spillane based other novels such as “My Gun is Quick”, “The Big Kill”, and “Kiss Me Deadly” on ideas that he introduced in “I, the Jury” such as murder, danger, and double-crossing females.
The only distinguished film made from Spillane's works was Robert Aldrich's late noir Kiss Me Deadly (1955), now a cult classic. Spillane hated the film, which transmogrified the narcotics dealer plot of the novel into the theft of an atomic bomb (a true Cold War plot), which he found ludicrous.
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Films based on his novels became classics, including Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and The Girl Hunters (1963), with his own participation. In The Girl Hunters, Spillane played his character Mike Hammer. This is one of the rarest cases in history when the author plays the role of the hero he created.
I, the Jury is the 1947 debut novel of American crime fiction writer Mickey Spillane, the first work to feature private investigator Mike Hammer.