Murder Me, Murder You
| Murder Me, Murder You | |
|---|---|
Double feature DVD together with More Than Murder | |
| Genre | Action Crime Mystery Thriller |
| Created by | Mickey Spillane |
| Written by | Bill Stratton |
| Directed by | Gary Nelson |
| Starring | Stacy Keach Tanya Roberts Don Stroud Kent Williams Delta Burke Tom Atkins Jonathan Banks |
| Theme music composer | Earle Hagen J.J. Johnson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Larry A. Thompson Jay Bernstein |
| Producer | Lew Gallo |
| Cinematography | Gayne Rescher |
| Editor | Donald R. Rode |
| Running time | 96 minutes (approx.) |
| Production companies | Columbia Pictures Television Jay Bernstein Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | April 9, 1983 |
Murder Me, Murder You is a 1983 American made-for-television mystery film starring Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's iconic hardboiled private detective Mike Hammer. The film was a follow-up to another television film first aired in 1981, Margin for Murder, in which the fictitious gumshoe was portrayed by Kevin Dobson. The Dobson film, which did not lead to a series, marked the first time the character was depicted on the small-screen since Darren McGavin played the part in the black-and-white version of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, a syndicated television series (1958–1960). Murder Me, Murder You was the first of two pilots featuring Keach in the part - the other being More Than Murder (1984) - that blazed a path for the 1980s version of the CBS series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, which debuted on January 28, 1984.