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Directed by:
Ray DantonCinematography:
Héctor R. FigueroaComposer:
Earle HagenCast:
Stacy Keach, Don Stroud, Kent Williams, Lindsay Bloom, Lauren Hutton, Frank McRae, Leo Penn, Mickey Rooney, Bruce Boxleitner, Stephen Macht, Dabney Coleman (more)Plots(1)
The made-for-TV Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer was so named for two reasons. For one, this 1986 production appeared after two previous "Hammer" TV movies and a brief weekly series. For another, star Stacy Keach was returning to American television after a British prison term for possession of narcotics. Keach settles into the Hammer role as though he'd never left, taking on the assignment of protecting the young daughter of a movie star (Lauren Hutton). The child is kidnapped right under Mike's nose, and while trying to retrieve her, Hammer discovers that there's a lot more to the case that either the movie actress or the authorities have told him-including a Deep Dark Secret that reaches back to the jungles of Vietnam. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Stacy Keach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/415/162415095_6d5f04.jpg)
Stacy Keach
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Don Stroud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906655_4c2d6a.jpg)
Don Stroud
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
...tick... tick... tick... (1970)
![Kent Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343532_404765.jpg)
Kent Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
WarGames (1983)
Time After Time (1979)
![Lindsay Bloom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/503/163503110_ed8d68.jpg)
Lindsay Bloom
USA
Best movies:
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989) (TV movie)
The Main Event (1979)
Bridge Across Time (1985) (TV movie)
![Lauren Hutton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/813/162813759_fffd58.jpg)
Lauren Hutton
USA
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
The Gambler (1974)
54 (1998)
![Frank McRae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/471/471088_d761f1.jpg)
Frank McRae
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Lock Up (1989)
![Leo Penn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812691_749985.jpg)
Leo Penn
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Wild Life (1984)
![Mickey Rooney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/509/161509525_6fd727.jpg)
Mickey Rooney
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
![Bruce Boxleitner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/767/161767336_becb9b.jpg)
Bruce Boxleitner
USA
Best movies:
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV movie)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999) (TV movie)
![Stephen Macht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/368/368095_4d97e8.jpg)
Stephen Macht
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV movie)
The Mountain Men (1980)
![Dabney Coleman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271186_41a411.jpg)
Dabney Coleman
USA
Best movies:
La Tour infernale (1974)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Tootsie (1982)
![Vince Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281164_33c530.jpg)
Vince Edwards
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Dark Passage (1947)
Andre Rosey Brown
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Class Act (1992)
![Gianni Russo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279548_08c16d.jpg)
Gianni Russo
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
![Tom Everett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316864_28374b.jpg)
Tom Everett
USA
Best movies:
Dances with Wolves (1990)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
![Corinne Wahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/020/161020832_7cb79c.jpg)
Corinne Wahl
USA
Best movies:
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Spring Break (1983)
Equalizer 2000 (1987)
![Dionne Warwick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309453_a410f1.jpg)
Dionne Warwick
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Men in Black (1997)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (concert)
![Kieu Chinh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/500/162500925_0e40af.jpg)
Kieu Chinh
Vietnam
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
City of Angels (1998)
![John Karlen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/285/164285550_246ef8.jpg)
John Karlen
USA
Best movies:
Racing with the Moon (1984)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989) (TV movie)
![Jo Ann Pflug](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/118/161118113_c92013.gif)
Jo Ann Pflug
USA
Best movies:
M.A.S.H. (1970)
The Night Strangler (1973) (TV movie)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)