Season 1
(1958)
Cast
Episodes
The High Cost of Dying 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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... 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
October 12, 1958
Scar and Garter