MIKE HAMMER: LOVING THE GHOST GIRL

[Please read] Meet "The Face." Know the longing.

This is a video of goodwill. The television show is MICKEY SPILLANE'S MIKE HAMMER (1984-1987). Actor Stacy Keach is "Mike Hammer," tough-guy private investigator. Actress Donna Denton is "The Face," a mysterious woman who appears and disappears before his wondering eyes. Their episodic "interaction" plays out as rarefied fantasy of the highest order in a show otherwise devoted to grisly crime and punishment. These clips derive from the heart of the series: Season Two, every episode.

IMPORTANT: Questions or comments are sincerely welcome—but only if they are nice, clean, and comprehendible. If you are a professional and prefer that I delete this video, please contact me and it will promptly be done.

Video dedicated to Donna Denton, who, as "The Face," seems to promise that—however elusive—Heaven, indeed, is a place on earth.

Music credits submitted with the greatest possible enthusiasm: The Motels; the gifted trio of musicians "Bozzio Levin Stevens" (who absolutely kick ass); Martha Davis; Gary Myrick; Hiroshi Miyagawa, Olivia Newton-John.

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Entertainment

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• Mike Hammer
• Mickey Spillane
• Stacy Keach
• The Face
• Donna Denton
• Classic Television
• Sexy
• 1980s
• Xanadu
• Romance
• Fantasy
• Mystery
• Beautiful Woman
• northbreed1
• northbreed1a

[BisonAP]

Fantastic TV series, Hammer's my #2 favorite TV P.I> (Spenser's #1), my favorite scenes of each episode are those chance encounters with "The Face", I have the episode on VHS where Hammer finally catches her, "The Face" has a name, I think it's "Laura", or "Nora"...Beautiful Woman! You should see "The Face" on the 1997 version of the series, Rebecca Chaney, what a knockout!

I just bought the complete DVD set a few days ago, absolutely incredible show...Good job on this video, Northbreed...

[northbreed1a]

Thanks for leaving such enthusiastic comments, BisonAP.

[jkanekogolf]

Great collage! I went to high school with "The Face". Her name is Donna Denton (Donna Palmiotto) as I knew her. She changed her name to Denton after graduating in 1979.

[northbreed1a]

That's the kind of (rare) comment I love--personal, interesting, and complimentary. Thanks for writing about your "special connection"!

[nezpercenathan]

I used to sometimes watch the whole show just because of her.

[mrssalina]

Ah a Tease!

[drunkenstern]

i used to wait impatiently for her to come out in every show!!

thank you!!!!!!

[dal4018]

@amensity I remember those as well she played the role of a Federal Agent she too could have been Mrs Hammer

[dal4018]

@BisonAP She was great but she couldn't touch the original Donna Palmiotto

[dal4018]

@BisonAP Sorry Bison but Hammer's my guy the and even some of the women who were crooks wanted to sleep with him.That's what I call P-O-P-U-L-A-R-I-T-Y

[dal4018]

@jkanekogolf She could have been Mrs.Mike Hammer if he had his way in the show.

[amensity]

Do you have ones with Robyn Douglass??? If so can you post???

[SkullCowboy333]

I think Mike should be the role model for men, he was for me. Great Vid, to me the face was always death. Death draws us and we chase it. Course that could say more about me than the face but it is what I think. Mike Hammer's example keeps me sane so thanks for this.