
23 May 1931

The Maltese Falcon
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
The cops, the mob, the broads, everyone's after Hammer!
Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat Chambers. On the trail of the killer, Mike discovers government conspiracies, and plots used by the CIA and the Mafia.
Mike Hammer
Dr. Charlotte Bennett
Velda
Charles Kalecki
Joe Butler
Detective Pat Chambers
Charles Kendricks
Romero
Norma Childs
Hilda Kendricks
Jack Williams
Myrna Williams
Goodwin
Lundee
Breslin
Blake
1st Twin
2nd Twin
Receptionist
Victor Kyle
23 May 1931
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
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One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
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19 Aug 1944
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08 Aug 1941
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
01 Aug 1957
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09 Sep 1992
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01 Jun 1963
Mickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963 adaptation of his novel. The film opens with Hammer on the downside of a years-long bender, scooped out of the gutter by a bitter cop intent on prying information from a dying man. Inspired to clean up his act by the secrets he hears, Hammer hits the streets on a personal crusade to find the love of his life. Future Bond girl Shirley Earton costars as a glamorous society widow who goes slumming with Hammer.--Sean Axmaker
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18 Apr 1986
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21 May 1989
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09 Apr 1983
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