
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

as Mike Hammer

as Dr. G.E. Soberin

as Carl Evello

as Eddie Yeager

as Lt. Pat Murphy

as Friday

as Velda

as Christina Bailey

as Lily Carver

as Nick

as Sugar Smallhouse

as Charlie Max

as Sammy

as Cheesecake

as Doc Kennedy

as Manager

as Harvey Wallace

as Popcorn Vendor (uncredited)

as Carmen Trivago

as Self - Singer (voice)

as Club Vocalist

as Nightclub Singer

as Bartender (uncredited)

as Gas Station Man (uncredited)

as Sideman (uncredited)

as Athletic Club Clerk (uncredited)

as Ray Diker

as Horace

as FBI Agent

as Mover

as Radio Announcer

as Attacker

as Horace's Wife

as FBI Agent

as Radio Announcer (voice)

as Radio Announcer (voice)