| I, the Jury | |
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| Directed by | Harry Essex |
| Screenplay by | Harry Essex |
| Based on | the novel I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane |
| Produced by | Victor Saville |
| Starring | Biff Elliot Preston Foster Peggie Castle Margaret Sheridan Alan Reed |
| Cinematography | John Alton |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
Production company | Parklane Pictures |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million (US)[2] |
I, the Jury is a 1953 American film noir crime film based on the 1947 novel I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane. It was directed by Harry Essex, produced by Victor Saville's company, Parklane Pictures and released through United Artists.
The film is notable for being the first one based on a Mike Hammer novel. Biff Elliot stars as Hammer. It was filmed in 3-D[3] and was available with stereophonic sound.
The story begins with Mike Hammer on the vengeance trail when Jack, a friend, is murdered. Hammer sets out to find the killer, working his way through an increasingly large pile of suspects (and corpses).
- ^ I, the Jury at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ Penzler, Otto (1977). The Private Lives of Private Eyes: Spies, Crime Fighters, and other Good Guys. New York City: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 0-448-14326-7. Page 79: "The film was shot in the short-lived 3-D (three-dimensional) process."