{"id":74716,"date":"2021-08-03T13:24:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74716"},"modified":"2021-08-03T13:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:24:43","slug":"girl-hunters-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74716","title":{"rendered":"Girl Hunters (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You know too much, Mr. Hammer.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Poster-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-74719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Poster-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Poster-648x1024.png 648w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Poster-81x128.png 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Poster-171x270.png 171w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Poster.png 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nResponding to a favor from Police Captain Pat Chambers (Scott Peters), private eye Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane) sobers up long enough to interrogate a dying sailor (Murray Kash) shot by the same gun used to kill a senator whose sexy widow (Shirley Eaton) seduces Hammer.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican pulp crime author <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mickey_Spillane\">Mickey Spillane<\/a> got to star as his own fictional creation in this adaptation of his 1962 novel. Spillane&#8217;s lack of acting chops is obvious, but doesn&#8217;t get in the way of him fully inhabiting his alter ago. As Craig Butler writes in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/the-girl-hunters-v19804\/review\">review for All Movie Guide<\/a>, Spillane &#8220;is an ideal choice for Hammer. He can&#8217;t act, and his attempts can be excruciating&#8230; But Spillane doesn&#8217;t care; he believes that he is Hammer, and that unshakeable belief makes his performance work, despite how bad it is.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-604x248.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Butler&#8217;s review is worth citing at greater length, given his apt description of this truly odd cinematic outing: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The Girl Hunters<\/em> is a strange, often bizarre, film, one that some will find fascinating and others will find ludicrous, and they will both be right. What both camps are responding to is the intensity of the film, which is undeniable&#8230; It&#8217;s a film driven by an almost unrelieved combination of adrenaline and testosterone, and as such, it has little room for niceties like good acting, believable dialogue, or coherent plotting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, you&#8217;ll find it challenging to follow exactly what&#8217;s going on, other than knowing Hammer is looking for his missing secretary Verna (presumed dead), and that Cold War spies are somehow involved. Unfortunately, Philip Green&#8217;s intrusive score doesn&#8217;t fit, and is often distracting; however, Eaton &#8212; a year before her iconic role in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44940\"><em>Goldfinger<\/em> (1964)<\/a> &#8212; is perfectly cast as a seductive widow: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Eaton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Eaton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Eaton.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Eaton-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Eaton-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Eaton-604x248.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Lloyd Nolan is excellent as a federal agent supporting Hammer: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Nolan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Nolan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Nolan.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Nolan-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Nolan-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Nolan-604x248.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and good use is made of location shooting in NYC. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-Newstand.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-Newstand.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-Newstand.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-Newstand-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-Newstand-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Spillane-Newstand-604x248.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kenneth Talbot&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography3.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography3-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography3-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography3-604x248.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Girl-Hunters-Cinematography-604x248.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of pulpy dialogue:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been shot before.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Yeah, but you haven&#8217;t been dead before.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We covered that angle like a tent.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look as a curio, and obviously must-see for Spillane fans. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057102\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/the-girl-hunters-v19804\/review\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-girl-hunters\/review\/2000097404\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1478\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You know too much, Mr. Hammer.&#8221; Synopsis: Responding to a favor from Police Captain Pat Chambers (Scott Peters), private eye Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane) sobers up long enough to interrogate a dying sailor (Murray Kash) shot by the same gun used to kill a senator whose sexy widow (Shirley Eaton) seduces Hammer. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cold War Detectives and Private Eyes Review: American pulp crime author Mickey Spillane got to star as his own fictional creation in this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74716\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74716"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74731,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74716\/revisions\/74731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}