Episode 1
Deirdre
1h
Mae-Marie hires Hammer to find her sister Deirdre only to be tied up with a philandering preacher called the Reverend Blessing, murder and some missing video tapes.
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Mike Hammer
19843 seasons6.7 / 10
The killers can't scare him away. The ladies can't leave him alone. And the danger never stops!
Private detective Mike Hammer hunts down criminals on the mean streets of New York City.
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Mike Hammer premiered January 28, 1984. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Private detective Mike Hammer hunts down criminals on the mean streets of New York City.
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Episode 2
Dead Pigeon
1h
An undercover cop is murdered and Hammer is framed for his murder. In the middle is Sheila Forbes, the cop's wife and Hammer's former girlfriend. Hammer has to find out who really did the murder and why.
Episode credits
Guest stars Christopher Stone, Robin Curtis, Randi Brooks
Episode 3
Golden Lady
1h
A union worker is murdered and Hammer is employed by his widow to help her get money owed to her from his pension fund. Hammer finds that the money has been embezzled through overseas accounts, but who was overseeing the fraud?
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Episode 4
Mike's Baby
1h
Hammer finds an abandoned baby boy that is struggling to live, addicted to heroin. Searching for the boy's mother, Hammer finds her overdosed on heroin and strychnine. Who killed her, who's the boy's father and why did she really die?
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Episode 5
To Kill a Friend
1h
Hammer leads a manhunt for a hood who, in the course of a jewel robbery, has gunned down Hammer's friend and left him with a bullet-riddled right arm.
Episode credits
Guest stars Charles Bouvier, Rebecca Wood
Episode 6
Mistress for the Prosecution
1h
Barrington is drugged and a blackmailer takes some compromising photos of him. He is being asked to lose all his current cases. He then asks Hammer to help him find out who is blackmailing him and why.
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Episode 7
Harlem Nocturne
1h
A man on parole wants Hammer to find his former girlfriend, who he hasn't seen for eight years. The man had been in jail for an armoured car robbery where the money wasn't found, which is crucial to understanding her current whereabouts.
Episode credits
Guest stars Marguerite DeLain
Episode 8
Murder in the Cards
1h
Mike Hammer's determination to rescue the son of an old army buddy from a trial for robbery and murder sends him on an eerie mission to an upstate fishing lodge where danger waits.
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Episode 9
Requiem for Billy
1h
Mike Hammer looks for the answer to who killed his young friend, but all he encounters are more questions.
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Episode 10
Little Miss Murder
1h
A private school girl hires Hammer to find her father, a man who was the getaway driver for a hotel robbery to order to fund his daughter's school fees. The solution goes all the way up the social ladder to a senate candidate.
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Episode 11
To Kill John Doe
1h
A man with no memory walks into Hammer's office and wants to know who he is. It turns out he is an scientist wanted by the KGB. There are many twists and turns as Hammer tries to save him despite not being helped by the local agents.
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Episode 12
Elegy for a Tramp
1h
When actress whom Mike knows dies when she jumped off her apartment, MIke wonders if someone pushed her to it. He starts by asking around and learns that she was abused emotionally.
Episode credits
Directed by Jon C. AndersenWritten by B.W. SandefurGuest stars Claudia Christian, Foster Brooks
Episode 13
Body Shot
1h
An aging boxer, desperate for money, is training for a fight but his sister is concerned as he is having blackouts. She asks Hammer to find out what is happening. When he investigates there seem to be other factors affecting the fight.
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Episode 14
Who Killed Sister Lorna?
1h
Sister Lorna disappears and Hammer is hired to find her. It turns out her husband was in a big payroll robbery and the money disappeared. When Sister Lorna is murdered, Hammer is determined to find the murderer and the money.
Episode credits
Guest stars Karen Valentine, Barbara Billingsley
Episode 15
Deadly Collection
1h
A friend of Hammer's is blown up investigating a protection racket that is extorting money from a high fashion designer. Hammer continues the investigation and there is cross and double cross before he solves the case.
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Episode 16
Green Blizzard
1h
Mike helps an amateur counterfeiter who's gotten herself in trouble with the mob. Those gambling debts paid off with funny money didn't amuse them!
Episode credits
Guest stars Caryn Richman
Episode 17
The Last Laugh
1h
Hammer's new receptionist asks him to find her manager, who has gone missing. After the man is murdered, Hammer heads to the west coast after his receptionist, looking for the murderer.
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Episode 18
Lady Killer
1h
A murderer is killing successful businesswomen many of whom appeared on a TV show. Hammer must act quickly before his client, a women's magazine editor, is also killed.
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Episode 19
Mike Gets Married
1h
A woman is held at the airport whose documents say that she's Mrs. Mike Hammer. She's a foreigner who claimed to be his wife so that she could get into the country quietly. She says that her country is trying to change things and is in New York to collect money intended for the reform. When someone tries to kill her, Mike kills him but without her testimony, it can't be proven that it was justified, and she's about to be deported. So Mike marries her.
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Episode 20
A Blinding Fear
1h
An arms dealer, Decker, has a blind 12 year-old daughter, Jennifer. Her dog is stolen and Hammer is asked to find it. It turns out to be part of a plot to kidnap the daughter and hold her for ransom. Hammer must save her and the dog.
Episode credits
Guest stars Persis Khambatta
Episode 21
Green Lipstick
1h
A woman in distress appears in Hammer's office asking for his help. It turns out to be his daughter, a woman that he didn't know existed. She is a singer in a band and the money she is raising for a charity is disappearing.
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Episode 22
A Face in the Night
1h10.0 / 10finale
An 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.
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Cast
Stacy KeachMike Hammer
Kent WilliamsSpecial Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington
Don StroudCaptain Pat Chambers
Donna Dentondie mysteriöse Frau
Lindsay BloomVelda
Lee BentonJenny
Persis Khambatta
Branscombe RichmondCredits
- Created by
- Mickey Spillane
- Written by
- B.W. Sandefur
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 46
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
- SyndicationUnited States
CBSUnited States
Columbia Pictures TelevisionUnited States
Themes
new york cityprivate detectiveprivate investigator