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Season 1

(1958)

Episodes

The High Cost of Dying poster

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January 7, 1958

When a man convicted of armed robbery is mortally wounded in a prison knife fight, he calls on Hammer to perform a last…

Just Around the Corner poster

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February 14, 1958

When an elderly man living in Mike's hotel unexpectedly inherits $7500, Hammer appoints himself the man's guardian to w…

Hot Hands, Cold Dice poster

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January 21, 1958

After discovering his office has been ransacked, Mike receives a threatening phone call ordering him off "the case" and…

Death Gets a Diploma poster

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January 28, 1958

At the behest of an old friend, Mike investigates her son's relationship with a beautiful young woman whose sugar daddy…

So That's Who It Was poster

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February 11, 1958

Mike responds to a phone call from a small-time junkie requesting protection too late; he finds his friend shot to deat…

Dead Men Don't Dream poster

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February 18, 1958

Mike returns to his old neighborhood when gunsels working for a protection racket murder a boyhood friend. Before long,…

Letter Edged in Blackmail poster

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February 25, 1958

While eating in a hotel restaurant, Mike spots a man take a package from a woman's table. Even though the package conta…

Death Takes an Encore poster

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March 7, 1958

Mike investigates a dishevelled man's wild tale about a man that he killed six months ago dying a second time in a car …

Lead Ache poster

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March 14, 1958

Mike is hired to find the murderer of a newspaper reporter. The trail leads to a ballroom whose hostesses, usually smal…

Overdose of Lead poster

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March 21, 1958

A nightclub singer asks Mike to get her out of a contract that's held by a mobster. The man claims the rising star who …

A Grave Undertaking poster

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March 28, 1958

Mike is hired to retrieve incriminating letters from a blackmailer, but soon learns that the package with $50,000 was r…

A Shot In The Arm poster

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April 4, 1958

The lawyer for a wealthy couple asks Mike to help their niece kick her heroine habit. Mike works on two fronts: helping…

Stay Out of Town poster

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April 11, 1958

Mike is asked to investigate help a young man who has been arrested for murder in a small Pennsylvania town. He thinks …

Beautiful, Blue and Deadly poster

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April 18, 1958

While waiting for his car to be repaired at a friend's combination garage/used car lot, Mike gets involved with three u…

Skinned Deep poster

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April 25, 1958

Taking a ferry ride in New York harbor, Mike sees a young woman crying. She's been victimized by a carnival con artist …

Peace Bond poster

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May 2, 1958

Mike's quest for peace and quiet is interrupted when he intervenes in a lover's quarrel fought in a swanky restaurant. …

Play Belles' Toll poster

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May 9, 1958

Mike runs into an old acquaintance, the wife of an embezzler he helped send to prison, who asks for her help. When she …

For Sale: Deathbed--Used poster

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May 16, 1958

A serial killer is carving up women in the neighborhood where Sam Earl, one of Mike's part-time assistants lives. The l…

Music to Die By poster

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May 23, 1958

Mike is asked to help a popular disk jockey who's been threatened by a powerful music producer to play her performers' …

My Fair Deadly poster

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May 30, 1958

Mike discovers his girlfriend's roommate has been murdered and launches his own investigation. He discovers that she wa…

The New Look poster

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June 7, 1958

A psychiatrist fears that his patients are being blackmailed. He hires Mike to find out if his fears are founded, how t…

The Broken Frame poster

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June 14, 1958

A death row convict confesses to a murder that another man was executed for three years earlier and threatens to supply…

Look at the Old Man Go poster

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June 21, 1958

Mike is hired by a beautiful heiress to break up her father's romance with a much younger woman. Mike goes to the woman…

The Paper Shroud poster

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June 28, 1958

Working for the insurance company, Mike assists the police investigate an armed robbery of an armored car company. His …

My Son And Heir poster

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July 5, 1958

A rich industrialist wants to hire Mike to beat up his son and heir because the young man has become engaged to woman c…

Final Curtain poster

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July 12, 1958

Mike's girlfriend, Jackie, a dancer in a chorus line, panics when a sleazy reporter points out the similarities between…

A Detective Tail poster

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July 19, 1958

Mike is hired to track down a man's missing girlfriend. The client tells Hammer that he just returned from South Americ…

It's An Art poster

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July 26, 1958

Mike is hired by an art student's parents who are concerned when she stops writing. The artist's friends and instructor…

Four Blind Mice poster

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August 2, 1958

A man Mike helped get paroled from prison gets an anonymous letter accusing his wife of infidelity. Mike learns he's bo…

Scar and Garter poster

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October 12, 1958

A young, recently married woman hires Mike to find her husband, who disappeared after visiting his estranged mother at …

No Pockets In A Shroud poster

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August 9, 1958

Mike decides to investigate when the darkroom belonging to his girlfriend's brother is destroyed by someone looking for…

The Living Dead poster

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August 16, 1958

Hammer is hired by Susan Barlow but she stands him up. He investigates and runs into her husband Hank Barlow. After a f…

Old Folks At Home Blues poster

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August 23, 1958

While getting a shoeshine in the Bowery, Mike spots a beautiful, well-dressed blonde who is as out of place as a field …

No Business like... poster

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August 30, 1958

Doc Fawcett hires Mike to find the person to whom he's paying protection money. He's received letters that threaten his…

Crepe Suzette poster

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September 7, 1958

Mike is hired to locate a young woman who moved to New York, but suddenly stopped writing home to her parents. Mike qui…

Letter of the Weak poster

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September 14, 1958

Mike receives a desperate letter from Harris Stevens who claims that he's being held against his will in a mental hospi…

That Schoolgirl Complex poster

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September 21, 1958

Mike is hired to find the culprit behind a series of pranks at an exclusive girls' prep school - students have been poi…

To Bury a Friend poster

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September 28, 1958

A friend from the old neighborhood asks Mike to travel to Chicago to claim the body of her son. While visiting the Wind…

Mere Maid poster

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October 5, 1958

A pretty secretary swims across the lake to the cabin Mike has rented for vacation and invites him to a party at her un…

Scar and Garter poster

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October 12, 1958

Scar and Garter