Murder in March Madness Day 19

Today is the nineteenth day of Murder In March Madness. Up until now we have be focusing on a book title with the word "murder' in the title or a variant.  Well today is a another very special day in which we will feature not one but two . But not a book title, but rather a movie title. Presenting two Micky Spillane made for TV movies with Stacy Keach: Murder Me, Murder You and More than Murder.

Murder Me, Murder You (1983)

Directed by Gary Nelson

Cast

Stacy Keach

Tonya Roberts

Delta Burke

Don Stroud

Tom Atkins

Mike Hammer is called before a Grand Jury by the only girl he ever proposed to, Chris Jameson. She wants him to protect her as she is to testify in a case against the Vance Helicopter Company for selling secrets to countries on the banned list. Chris also tells Hammer that he has a daughter, Michelle. When Chris is murder in the Grand Jury room Hammer is determined to find her killers and his daughter. There is a twist when Jack Vance tries to hire Hammer, and another one when he finds out his daughter appears to have been a porn star. However, his daughter has disappeared. There are more twists and turns before Hammer brings the case to a conclusion.

 More Than Murder (1984)

Directed by Gary Nelson

Cast

Stacy Keach

Lindsay Bloom

Kent williams

Don Stroud

Lynn-Holly Johnson

Mike Hammer is asked to be a bodyguard for a high-rolling poker player, a job which he refuses. The game is robbed by two masked gunmen. The men parachute down to the ground but are stopped by Hammer's friend Captain Pat Chambers. However, he is shot in the back by a third gunman and put in hospital seriously wounded. Pat was tipped off about a drug deal but his informant is then killed. When drugs are found in Pat's car, it is part of a plan to frame him. Hammer is determined to clear him, find the shooters and the drug dealers as the bodies pile up.