Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958 TV series)
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Not to be confused with Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series).
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the first syndicated television series based on Spillane's hard-boiled private detective Mike Hammer, played by Darren McGavin. The series was produced from 1957 to 1959, and had a run of 76 episodes over two seasons. Episodes were filmed in black and white and filled a half-hour time slot. As a syndicated television series, original air dates and the order of episodes vary by geographic location – for example, in New York City. The series debuted January 28, 1958, on WCBS-TV,[1] and the first episode aired was "Letter Edged in Blackmail".[2]
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | |
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Starring | Darren McGavin Bart Burns |
Theme music composer | Dave Kahn Melvyn Lenard Gordon |
Opening theme | "Riff Blues" |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 76 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer | Richard Irving |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Revue Studios |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication |
Release | January 7, 1958 (1958-01-07) – November 28, 1959 (1959-11-28) |
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