106 min - Crime | Film-Noir | Mystery - 18 May 1955 (USA) <br /> <br />A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit." <br /> <br />Director: Robert Aldrich <br />Writers: Mickey Spillane (novel), A.I. Bezzerides (screenplay) <br />Stars: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart