Plot
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.
Cast
Ralph Meeker
Mike Hammer
Albert Dekker
Dr. G.E. Soberin
Paul Stewart
Carl Evello
Juano Hernández
Eddie Yeager
Wesley Addy
Lt. Pat Murphy
Marian Carr
Friday
Maxine Cooper
Velda
Cloris Leachman
Christina Bailey
Gaby Rodgers
Lily Carver
Nick Dennis
Nick
Jack Lambert
Sugar Smallhouse
Jack Elam
Charlie Max
Crew
Robert Aldrich
Director
A.I. Bezzerides
Screenplay
Robert Aldrich
Producer
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
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