Mickey Spillane

Born: 1918-03-09

Mickey Spillane is an American author of hardcore detective stories. Wrote more than 20 novels with a circulation of more than 140 million copies. He began his writing career as a writer for comics. Spillane published his first novel, Judgment Is Me, in 1946. The hero of this and twelve other books is private detective Mike Hammer, one of the most popular characters in popular culture. 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. 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. He also appeared as a writer in the television series about Colombo (episode "Publish or Perish"). Spillane's huge success is usually credited to the successful mixture of his gruff language, the rigidity of the characters, and the abundance of erotic scenes. His books, as fellow detective writer Raymond Chandler has said, can be described as "a mixture of violence and outright pornography." However, they have become a classic of the genre.


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Ring of Fear

as Mickey Spillane
Released: 1954-07-23

Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.

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The Girl Hunters

as Mike Hammer
Released: 1963-06-01

Mickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963...

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Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

as Self
Released: 1998-01-01

Documentary about the life and work of mystery writer Mickey Spillane.

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Mommy

as Attorney Eckhart
Released: 1995-11-28

Patty McCormack's "Mommy" is psychotically obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter Jessica Ann --...

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Mommy's Day

as Attorney Neal Ekhardt
Released: 1997-01-31

After escaping a lethal injection for the murders Mommy (Patty McCormack) had committed, she is...

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The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides

as Narrator
Released: 2005-01-01

Filled with humor and defining experiences in both his own life and in the lives of some of his...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Columbo

as Alan Mallory
First aired: 1971-09-15

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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