The 1947 novel "I, the Jury", which was the first to feature detective Mike Hammer, was written by what New York author?
I, the Jury I, the Jury I, the Jury is the 1947 debut novel of American crime fiction writer Mickey Spillane, the first work to feature private investigator Mike Hammer. The novel opens as private detective Mike Hammer is called to the apartment of insurance investigator Jack Williams, a very close friend who was crippled saving Hammer's life during shared WW2 military service in the Pacific. Losing his arm rendered Jack unfit for police work, so he put his experience to use by investigating insurance fraud. Williams has been murdered in a particularly cruel way, deliberately shot in the stomach to make the
I, the Jury was shot in 1953 and was released through United Artists. After a four-picture contract was signed with Spillane, the movie was filmed, in 3-D, featuring Biff Elliot as Mike Hammer, Preston Foster and Peggie Castle. The plot from the novel was toned down for the film version. It grossed $1,299,000. The cinematographer was John Alton. In 1982, the story was made into a movie again by director Richard T. Heffron with Armand Assante as Mike Hammer. The novel's reputation for raciness and violence has outlasted the popularity of the book itself. I, the Jury I, the Jury is the 1947