Mike Hammer The High Cost of Dying (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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Mike Hammer

The High Cost of Dying (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a man convicted of armed robbery is mortally wounded in a prison knife fight, he calls on Hammer to perform a last service - retrieve the loot he hid before he was arrested and use the money to ransom his wife who has been kidnapped.

Director

Lawrence Dobkin

Writers

Mickey Spillane (characters) | Ken Pettus (written by) (as Steven Thornley)

Cinematographer

Jack MacKenzie (as Jack Mackenzie)

Editor

Buddy Small (as Budd Small)

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Updated Jan 7, 1958

Release date

Jan 7, 1958 (United States)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Darren McGavin Mike Hammer Mike Hammer See fewer	A Christmas Story (1983)
Bart Burns Captain Pat Chambers Captain Pat Chambers See fewer	Seven Days in May (1964)
Lynne Allen Eva Hollister Ingalls (as Lynn 'Marilyn' Allen) Eva Hollister Ingalls (as Lynn 'Marilyn' Allen) See fewer	Mike Hammer (1958)
William Allyn Floyd Ingalls Floyd Ingalls See fewer	Peyton Place (1964)
Robert Patten Herb Garth Herb Garth See fewer	Westworld (1973)
Eleanore Tanin Meg Hollister (as Eleanore E. Tanin) Meg Hollister (as Eleanore E. Tanin) See fewer	Highway Patrol (1955)
Don Kennedy Plain Clothesman Plain Clothesman See fewer	The Stunt Man (1980)
Herschel Graham Convict (uncredited) Convict (uncredited) See fewer	Public Defender (1954)