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Auction History Result 6t048 GIRL HUNTERS linen insert '63 Mickey Spillane pulp fiction, sexy Shirley Eaton in bikini! Date Sold 5/3/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) The Girl Hunters (released outside the U.S. as "Operation FBI"), the 1963 Roy Rowland English mystery crime thriller ("Spillane is action!"; "Rough! Ripping! Raw!"; "Taut! Tough! Torrid!"; "Spillane") starring Mickey Spillane ("as Mike Hammer"; author of the source novel; unhappy with the previous screen portrayals of his pulp hero, he chose to play Mike Hammer himself!), Shirley Eaton (right before her role in Goldfinger!), Lloyd Nolan, Hy Gardner, and Scott Peters. Note that Mickey Spillane was a department store salesman in 1940 when he discovered he could sell stories for comic books, and he quickly wrote for all the major companies. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. After the war, he wrote "I, the Jury" in 19 days, and it was published in 1947, and it sold 6.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Its hero, Mike Hammer, a hard-boiled private eye, would appear in many more novels. Spillane would write for the movies, and he even played Mike Hammer in "The Girl Hunters" in 1963! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had extra horizontal folds, with some creases and scuffs on the folds. It had a few pinholes and small tears in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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