Mike Hammer, Private Eye

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

1997
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Mike Hammer, Private Eye

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

7.2 | TV-14 | en | Drama

Mike Hammer, Private Eye is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane. The show starred Stacy Keach and was seen as an attempt to revive the character he had played in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer - two moderately successful syndicated CBS series from the 1980s. Mike Hammer, Private Eye premiered on September 27, 1997. The show failed to gain a wide audience and, as a result, it was canceled after only one season. The final show of the series aired on June 14, 1998.

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Seasons & Episodes

1
EP26  A New Leaf. Part II
Jun. 14,1998
A New Leaf. Part II

After solving who killed the scientist, Mike investigates who killed a member of a wealthy family that owns a tobacco company.

EP25  A New Leaf. Part I
Jun. 06,1998
A New Leaf. Part I

Mike investigates the death of a tobacco company scientist who was about to testify.

EP24  Dead Men Talk
May. 30,1998
Dead Men Talk

A friend of Mike's who is believed dead turns up and asks Mike to find out who was behind the attempt on his life and the deaths of two others, who were less lucky.

EP23  Gone Fishing
May. 23,1998
Gone Fishing

Mike and Skip are trapped in a bar by bank robbers. And they left their guns at home because they were going fishing.

EP22  Songbird. Part II
May. 17,1998
Songbird. Part II

Mike tries to extricate Lila B. from her troubles.

EP21  Songbird. Part I
May. 10,1998
Songbird. Part I

Lila B is a singer who is romantically involved with a mobster, Johnny Dive. When she becomes a murder suspect, Mike tries to help.

EP20  Lucky in Love
May. 03,1998
Lucky in Love

When a gambling buddy of Mike's is murdered, he is asked to help out with the buddy's race horse.

EP19  The Maya Connection
Apr. 26,1998
The Maya Connection

When Maya Ricci's paramour comes to town, he draws Maya and Mike into a web of espionage and assassination.

EP18  Chop Shop
Apr. 18,1998
Chop Shop

Mike goes to Texas to attend a friend's wedding but organ thieves have kidnapped his fiancé.

EP17  Dump the Creep
Apr. 12,1998
Dump the Creep

After Hammer berates a radio host on the air for telling Mike's girlfriend to dump him, he becomes a suspect when the host is murdered.

EP16  A Candidate for Murder
Feb. 28,1998
A Candidate for Murder

Barry Lawrence is running for district attorney and he becomes Hammer's main suspect when his mistress is murdered.

EP15  Big Brother's Secret
Feb. 22,1998
Big Brother's Secret

The murder of an investigative reporter was a friend of Mike's leads the private eye to stolen satellite photos.

EP14  The Cutting Edge
Feb. 15,1998
The Cutting Edge

Mike is a two time convict's alibi when a cutting edge computer chip stolen by a masked murderer with the same modus operandi and even the same limp.

EP13  Countdown to Murder
Feb. 08,1998
Countdown to Murder

When Mike's former flame is accused of murdering her former husband and co-star right before their broadway play opens, Mike tries to clear her. Is the killer the producer / director, the business manager, her understudy, the victim's understudy or the stagehand who seems to be stalking her?

EP12  The Art of Murder
Feb. 01,1998
The Art of Murder

When the artist Velda is seeing is murdered, Mike looks into it. Was the killer the assistant artist who may have been painting forgeries, the gallery owner, the jealous ex-girlfriend who gets into a catfight with Velda, the rich collector whose daughter he was romancing or the art reviewer dabbling in blackmail?

EP11  The Long Road to Nowhere
Jan. 25,1998
The Long Road to Nowhere

After a hard boiled mystery writer hires Mike to help him with an ending to his latest book, he is murdered. Mike, Velda and Nick realize the book was based upon an actual disappearance or murder and try to solve it in order to find out who murdered the writer.

EP10  The Life You Save
Jan. 18,1998
The Life You Save

After witnessing suspicious behavior between a cop and a mobster, Mike saves the cop's life and the mobster is arrested. Then on his birthday, Mike gets a call saying he has 24 hours to live.

EP9  A Penny Saved
Nov. 23,1997
A Penny Saved

When a simple minded janitor all but frames himself for the murder of a stockbroker, he asks Mike Hammer to prove his innocence.

EP8  Sins of the Father
Nov. 16,1997
Sins of the Father

The murder of a priest puts Hammer on the trail of a serial killer murdering prostitutes. Spoilers Faith, a prostitute, is murdered. After a priest, Father Dressler, asks Hammer to protect ladies of the evening, he is murdered. Faith's body is found with a wooden cross and a red wig. The killer next murders Rosie. Suspects include Father James, the handyman Ozzie, construction executive Jason Carter and Slick, a pimp. Slick is murdered to draw Hammer into a trap. The killer tracks down and kills Angel, who saw him pick up Rosie. Finally, Candy, a prostitute and friend of the murdered girls, offers to be bait to draw out the killer but things go awry and Hammer races to find her before the killer adds her to his list of victims.

EP7  Body Odor
Nov. 09,1997
Body Odor

A surgery patient's body emits noxious gasses, killing him and three members of a surgical team. His daughter hires Mike.

EP6  Halloween
Nov. 02,1997
Halloween

Someone seems to be targeting Hammer's friends in the style of a cultist killer whom Mike put in jail.

EP5  False Truths
Oct. 26,1997
False Truths

Mike flies to tinseltown to help an actress accused of murdering her lover and producer.

EP4  Hoop Nightmares
Oct. 19,1997
Hoop Nightmares

When a basketball player's sports agent is murdered just before he becomes the number one pick in the draft, he turns to Mike to prove his innocence. Was it the player, Mayron Hughes; his father Norton ""Norrie"" Hughes; his childhood friend who was injured and now has a licensing business, Desmond Ishmael; his new sports agent, Susan Wake; or his teammate and competitor, Elvin Grace?

EP3  www.murder
Oct. 12,1997
www.murder

Hammer is hired to look into the disappearance of a girl who may have been killed in a ""snuff film"" shown on the internet.

EP2  Beat Street
Oct. 05,1997
Beat Street

An accused polluter hires Mike but then the reporter who did an expose on the him is found dead making him a murder suspect.

EP1  Prodigal Son
Sep. 28,1997
Prodigal Son

After a friend is killed investigating the death of his son, Mike keeps following the trail, leading to Russian mobsters.

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7.2 | TV-14 | en | Drama , Crime , Mystery | More Info
Released: 1997-09-28 | Released Producted By: The Kushner-Locke Company , Franklin/Waterman Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Mike Hammer, Private Eye is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane. The show starred Stacy Keach and was seen as an attempt to revive the character he had played in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer - two moderately successful syndicated CBS series from the 1980s. Mike Hammer, Private Eye premiered on September 27, 1997. The show failed to gain a wide audience and, as a result, it was canceled after only one season. The final show of the series aired on June 14, 1998.

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Cast

Stacy Keach , Shannon Whirry , Malgosia Tomassi

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The Kushner-Locke Company , Franklin/Waterman Productions

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Reviews

SavalasFan I must respectfully disagree with Jimbo. This series is indeed grittier than the original. I'm a huge fan of the 80's Mike Hammer series starring Stacey Keach and I never missed a episode. I found out about the '97 reprise only after it had ended and wished for years that I could check it out somehow. Thank GOD for DVDs! Mike Hammer, Private Eye is now available on DVD and it's definitely grittier and a step closer to the vengeful Hammer of Mickey Spillane. Jimbo calls the show "cheap" because this Hammer series obviously didn't have the same network budget that the original series did. I find that the lower budget feel of Private Eye really works in it's favor. This production makes Hammer's world seedier and that makes Hammer all the more nobler in his efforts to take out the trash.Mike Hammer, Private Eye is a very enjoyable series. I like Keach even more this time around. The older Hammer is more vicious and hard boiled. The older the bull, the stiffer the horn. His flaws and foibles also add to the fun. I've watched all of the episodes in the DVD set and each one highly entertained me. It's all good fun. I'm damn glad Keach came back for this show. I'm also damn glad somebody put this series out on DVD. Mike Hammer, Private Eye delivers!
MaouriCeltic This show is probably one of the best incarnations of the great Spillane novels. Tough and gritty with plenty of lovely ladies for the men. This show had a nice edge which although could be hard was also lose enough not to fall into self parody. Good turns by the cast of regulars. Especially Shannon Whirry as Velda. Its hard to see why this show only lasted one season. Considering the following and the syndication market this should have been on at least three seasons. But if you want to see a good Mike Hammer incarnation that has good stories along with being faithful to the character watch this one. Only complaint seeing Stacey get all these women. I am not going to dispute Mike Hammer having a beautiful girlfriend but him walking into a room and having women make sexual innuendos to him is just not believable but oddly appropiate for the show. Also I think we can fairly say that the lady in red is a hallucination that Hammer has and not a real women. Great show check it out!
manny239 "Mike Hammer, Private Eye" was nothing more then a watered down version of the 80s classics. Slow, and aging, Mike Hammer lacked the true "intimidation" a younger version of himself had. The 80s show was grittier, tougher, and more lively, while today it seems looser and more sophisticated. I tried getting into it, but I was FAR more upset that A&E canceled the old Mike Hammer reruns, then this old watered down version got canceled. Big disappointment, thankfully Stacy Keach went on to better things!
TC-4 This syndicated show is a much grittier version of the show that was on the network in the 80's. Hammer is a tougher guy and is much more like the Darren McGavin version of the 50's which I liked best of all. There are no better scenes than when he tangles with the D.A. Barrington played by Kent Williams who should have gotten an Emmy. I hope that Stacy makes newer episodes as this character will never die.