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Now watching:

'Kiss Me Deadly'

- directed by Robert Aldrich

- written by A.I. Bezzerides, Mickey Spillane (Novel)
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- with Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman
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#kissmedeadly - #mikehammer - #robertaldrich - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinemastodon #film #filmastodon #movies #moviesmastodon - #letterboxd #trakt

Matthew McConaughey Sets ‘True Detective’ Reunion With Nic Pizzolatto on ‘Mike Hammer’ Movie, Based on Book Series
#Variety #News #MatthewMcconaughey #MikeHammer #NicPizzolatto

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/matthew-mcconaughey-mike-hammer-movie-nic-pizzolatto-1236430710/

Matthew McConaughey Reunites With ‘True Detective’ Creator Nic Pizzolatto On Feature Adaptation Of ‘Mike Hammer’ Book Series At Skydance
#Casting #MatthewMcConaughey #MikeHammer #NicPizzolatto #Skydance

https://deadline.com/2025/06/matthew-mcconaughey-nic-pizzolatto-movie-reunion-1236433344/

Had it not been for the Production Code I, the Jury (1953) would have been the best-ever Mickey Spillane film adaptation. It's still pretty good - Peggie Castle sizzles, John Alton’s cinematography is superb. See it.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/06/i-jury-1953.html

#MickeySpillane #MikeHammer #JohnAlton #PeggieCastle #50smovie #50smovies #1950smovie #1950smovies #filmnoir

Mickey Spillane was definitely in the groove when he wrote the fifth Mike Hammer book The Big Kill in 1951. As so often it’s Hammer’s sensitive side that drives him on - it drives him even when he’s blowing away hoodlums with his .45.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2020/03/mickey-spillanes-big-kill.html

#vintagethrillers #vintagethriller #vintagemystery #vintagemysteries #noir #noirfiction #crimefiction #hardboiledcrime hardboiledfiction #hardboiled #pulpfiction #MickeySpillane #MikeHammer

#Bales2023FilmChallenge
#FilmMastodon

August 3- Someone named Michael

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Directed by Robert Aldrich

Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) and Velma (Maxine Cooper) attempt to run away from trouble much, much larger in scope than a man like Mike Hammer could possibly be capable of comprehending, let alone handling with his fists.

#RobertAldrich #MikeHammer #KissMeDeadly #Noir

Mickey Spillane’s 1964 novel The Snake is a sequel to The Girl Hunters and you absolutely must read The Girl Hunters first. This is a very different Mike Hammer - older, wiser and sadder. Both books are great, but read the earlier books first.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/06/mickey-spillanes-snake.html

#crimenovel #crimenovels #crimefiction #vintagecrime #vintagemysteries #vintagemystery #MickeySpillane #MikeHammer #hardboiled #hardboiledfiction #privateeyes

I watched/reviewed/rated 25 episodes of #ClassicTV between April 30th and May 14th.
Here's how they lined up.

10/10
#MissionImpossible
#TheNewAvengers
#TheRockfordFiles

9/10
#TheFamousTeddyZ
#ForeverKnight
#ItTakesAThief
#MagnumPI
#TheMaryTylerMooreShow

8/10
#Baretta
#BarneyMiller
#BuffaloBill
#Frasier
#KungFuTheLegendContinues
#SantaBarbara
#Seinfeld

7/10
#Catweazle
#HarryO
#TheOtherOne
#30Rock

6/10
#AcapulcoHEAT
#Batman
#TheBurningZone
#MikeHammer

5/10
#Columbo
#TheHardyBoys

For May-June 2023, my #ClassicTV #WatchList looks something like this:

#AcapulcoHEAT #Batman #BostonBlackie #Branded #TheBurningZone #HarryO #Highlander #HillStreetBlues #ItTakesAThief #KungFuTheLegendContinues #MagnumPI #McCloud #MikeHammer #MissionImpossible #MollyDodd #RudeAwakening #TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco #30Rock #Vegas #Viper

#ClassicTV #ClassicTelevision
#90sTV #80sTV #70sTV #60sTV #40sMovies

Tonight in 1984 — #MikeHammer debuted as a weekly series on CBS.

#StacyKeach played #MickeySpillane’s iconic private eye, first introduced in the 1947 novel "I, the Jury.”

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #1980s #1980sTV #Nostalgia

Time To Prey, an enjoyable 1960 entry in Frank Kane’s long-running Johnny Liddell PI thriller series. A pretty girl passes a letter to Johnny and then gets murdered.

Johnny Liddell is a Mike Hammer clone, but more cold-blooded and less ethical. But Kane is just not in Spillane's league as a writer.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/01/frank-kanes-time-to-prey.html

#noir #noirfiction #hardboiled #hardboiledfiction #vintagecrime #1960scrime #crimefiction #FrankKane #MickeySpillane #MikeHammer #privateeyes

@PadreSJ @leo darren mcgavin is the boss. let's not forget #kolchak and #mikehammer