The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986) (TV)

Director:

Ray Danton

Writers:

Larry Brody
Janis Hendler
(more)

Release Date:

18 April 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A young girl is kidnapped and there is an attempt on the daughter of an well-known actress. The kidnapper then turns up dead. Hammer is hired to protect the girl and travels to Los Angeles, where she is then kidnapped.

Plot Keywords:

Mike Hammer | Kidnapping | Gambler | First Person Narrative | New York

Cast

Stacy Keach	...	Mike Hammer
Emily Rose Chance	...	Megan (as Emily Chance)
Don Stroud	...	Captain Pat Chambers
Lindsay Bloom	...	Velda
Kent Williams	...	Barrington
Lauren Hutton	...	Joanna Lake
John Karlen	...	Chapel
Frank McRae
Michael Preston	...	David 'Dak' Anson Kola (as Mike Preston)
Leo Penn	...	Leo
Mickey Rooney	...	Jack Bergan
Stephen Macht	...	Nick Anton
Vince Edwards	...	FBI Agent Frank Walker
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Himself
Dabney Coleman	...	Himself
Dionne Warwick	...	Herself
Tom Everett	...	Orville Tate
Lee Benton	...	Jenny
Kieu Chinh	...	Sai Luhn
David Chow	...	Prof. Lai
Peter Iacangelo	...	Norwood Fitz
Hunter von Leer	...	Sneakers man
Dawn Mangrum	...	Dancer
Don Lewis	...	Mime
Andre Rosey Brown	...	Big Black Man (as Andre 'Rosey' Brown)
Jeannie Marie Austin	...	Big black man
Frank Romano	...	Postman
Patrice Chanel	...	Nichols
Joseph DiSante	...	Lieutenant (as Joseph Di Sante)
Julie Hayek	...	Ticket cashier
Malgosia Tomassi	...	Nun
Corinne Wahl	...	Sandra
Otto Felix	...	Agent Adler
Christina Jensen	...	Carla Arnell
Kathy Chaffin	...	Wanda
Tony Mann	...	Bus driver #2
Laurie Cantwell	...	Sgt. Hooper
Laura Dankel	...	Sasha Davidson
Gregory Chase	...	George
Donna Snow	...	Paula
Ron Foster	...	Forensic man
Bobby Bass	...	Bruiser
Gianni Russo	...	Card player
Laurence Grant	...	The Face (as Larry Grant)
Donna Denton	...	The Face
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jo Ann Pflug	...	TV reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Ray Danton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Larry Brody
Janis Hendler
James M. Miller

Produced by
Gray Frederickson	....	producer
Jeffrey Morton	....	associate producer
Jay Bernstein	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Earle Hagen

Cinematography by
Héctor R. Figueroa

Film Editing by
Richard E. Rabjohn

Casting by
Mary Ann Barton
Diane Dimeo
Michael McLean

Art Direction by
Ross Bellah
William L. Campbell

Set Decoration by
Audrey A. Blasdel
David Horowitz

Costume Design by
Grady Hunt

Makeup Department
Jean Austin	....	hair stylist
Virginia Darcy	....	hair stylist
Leo Lotito Jr.	....	makeup supervisor
Saul Meth	....	makeup artist
Timothy A. Miguel	....	makeup artist
Mike Moschella	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bill Carroll	....	unit production manager
Michael P. Petrone	....	production manager: New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kurt Baker	....	first assistant director
Hope R. Goodwin	....	second assistant director
James Griffin	....	second assistant director
François Moullin	....	key second assistant director: New York

Art Department
Jeffrey Bellamy	....	property master
Hank Stonecipher	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Frank Meadow	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Larry L. Fuentes	....	special effects

Stunts
Buddy Joe Hooker	....	stunt coordinator
Kenny Bates	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jan Eddy	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Coffey	....	camera operator: New York
Richard J. Edesa	....	camera operator
Jack Finnerty	....	gaffer: New York
James Finnerty	....	key grip: New York (as Jim Finnerty)
Elisha Harris	....	gaffer (as Eli Harris)
Ray Ochoa	....	key grip
Warren Rothenberger	....	camera operator: New York

Casting Department
Tim Flack	....	executive in charge of casting
Lynn Kressel	....	casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patrick Cummings	....	costume supervisor: men
Dianne Kennedy	....	costume supervisor (as Dianne Anthony)

Transportation Department
Dean Quisenberry	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Sandra Leon Cavallo	....	assistant: Mr. Keach
Louis H. Goldstein	....	location coordinator
Nancy Greene	....	script supervisor
Bonnie Macker	....	production assistant
Betty Petitt	....	production coordinator
Art Ronnie	....	unit publicist
Greg Rose	....	location manager
Ed Scharlach	....	production consultant
Charles A. Tamburro	....	special aerial coordinator
Richard Vitagliano	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Jay Bernstein Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1986) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

Final television series worked on by television theme composer Earl Hagen.

Quotes:

Mike Hammer:[upon finding a mime dead in a car trunk] People in show business like to say they were born in a trunk; this is one clown who died in one.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989) (TV)

Soundtrack:

HARLEM NOCTURNE