Based on Mickey Spillane’s tough-guy detective, That Hammer Guy
aired in a series of half-hour episodes in 1953. The radio show
was contemporaneous with the classic movie "I, The Jury"
based on Spillane’s roman noir of the same name.
Mike Hammer was the stereotypical hardboiled detective.
Depending upon fists, rather than finesse, he summarily dispatched
the bad guys. Spillane’s black and white views of right and wrong
were reflected in his character’s contempt for the law, which he
claimed was an impediment to justice.
The role of Hammer was played by Larry Haines, whose
long career included parts on the 1930s radio series Gangbusters.
He also voiced characters in Suspense, The Shadow,
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, and X Minus One, and over
80 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. He is best known
for his television role as Stu Bergman, in the daytime soap opera
Search for Tomorrow. Former First Lady Pat Nixon claimed
he was her favorite soap opera star.
All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You
can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3
players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play
them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly.
Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the
volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can
be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples
to get a feel for how the programs sound.
You can purchase these episodes on CD or you can
download them.
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we get the CDs in the mail the next day. Shipping usually takes
2-3 days via USPS. The episodes will be in mp3 format.
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large zip files.
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it. Your computer may already have unzip software, if this
is the case, just click on the file and your software will
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computer doesn't have an unzip program, you can get one from
the internet. The most popular is probably winzip (www.winzip.com),
however, we use Zip Wizard by Coffeecup Software because its
pretty good, easy to use, and free. (http://www.coffeecup.com/zip-wizard/)
The files are large - it will take you a few minutes to
download each file. Each zip file is around 40MBs. A full
CD worth of episodes takes about 14 large files. if you are
on a dial-up connection, we highly recommend you buy a CD.
You will receive an e-mail receipt from Paypal, and we will
send you an additional e-mail with the links.
Buy on CD: $4.50
Download only $3.50
This collection features 14 episodes from the short-lived series.
That Hammer Guy 440414 The Laura Fenton Case.mp3
That Hammer Guy 530407 The Lillian Martin Case.mp3
That Hammer Guy 530407 The Saddle Shoes.mp3
That Hammer Guy 540414 The Laura Fenton Case.mp3
That Hammer Guy Babysits Jolly.mp3
That Hammer Guy Barney Miller Syndicate.Mp3
That Hammer Guy Contract on a Dead Man.mp3
That Hammer Guy Dead Dame in the Park.mp3
That Hammer Guy Faye Durando.mp3
That Hammer Guy Hammer Framed for Murder.mp3
That Hammer Guy Man in Wheelchair.mp3
That Hammer Guy Mike's Friend Murdered.mp3
That Hammer Guy Trouble with Dames.mp3
That Hammer Guy Wakefield Dame.mp3
That Hammer Guy Zelda's Brother.mp3
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