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Auction History Result 2b386 GIRL HUNTERS French 1p '65 Mickey Spillane pulp fiction, different art by Vanni Tealdi! Date Sold 9/30/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1965 (from the first release of this movie in France) Vintage Theatrical Folded French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 47 1/4" x 62 1/4" [120 x 158 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. Artist: Vanni Tealdi Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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