Mike Hammer, Private Eye

The former secretary of an old friend, Simon, visits Mike Hammer with a theory about her old boss's sudden death. Mike chalks up her death to Simon's adventurous streak, until he shows up alive in his apartment. Simon reveals how he continued to play dead after a hired assassin took shots at him and two other hunting buddies. Looking for revenge, Simon talks Mike into helping him track down his assassin, and hunt that takes the private eye all the way to California. However, Mike soon after meets danger on this journey.