The '80s threw noir in a blender with shoulder pads and saxophones. Somehow it WORKS.
10.060 minSeason 3 • Episode 22
LatestAn Australian private detective approaches Hammer to find a missing author. Her only clue is 'The Face', Hammer's mysterious woman. He catches up with the The Face and finds out her story. Together they find out why the author is wanted.
Private detective Mike Hammer hunts down criminals on the mean streets of New York City.
Acting
Stacy Keach's gravel voice deserves its own credit.
Production
NYC location shooting before Disney-fication.
Score
Synth sax that absolutely commits to the bit.
Creator
Mickey Spillane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Keach was actually arrested in the UK for cocaine possession during production, forcing a hiatus while he served six months. The show wrote around it.
This was CBS's answer to ABC's Moonlighting—same noir nostalgia, zero irony. It lost.
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