I, the Jury

1982
R
1h 51m

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5.9/10

1.9K

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A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.

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A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Jack Williams
(as Frederick Downs)

Mary Margaret Amato

Myrna Williams

F.J. O'Neil

Goodwin

William G. Schilling

Lundee
(as William Schilling)

Robert Sevra

Breslin

Don Pike

Evans

Timothy Meyers

Blake
(as Timothy Myers)

Leigh Harris

1st Twin
(as Lee Anne Harris)

Director
- Richard T. Heffron
Writers
- Mickey Spillane
- Larry Cohen
All cast & crew
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Trivia
At the time of this film's release, Armand Assante said of it, "You can't do Mike Hammer today like you could 30 years ago. We're making a contemporary version of 'I, the Jury'. It's not a period piece. So the story not only had to be updated but changed around significantly, and so did the character of Mike Hammer. He's no longer an alcoholic, and he's not some dumb macho creep. He's a guy who fought in Vietnam and then came back to America and found the whole country in a shambles".

Goofs
When Hammer has coffee with Kalecki on the rooftop, the position of Hammer's coffee cup handle changes between camera angles in the same scene.

Quotes
Mike Hammer: A little honey a day keeps the bourbon away.

Alternate versions
The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC and the 1986 video was cut further (totalling 4 minutes in total) with edits to a scene of Kendricks tracing a knife across a woman's body, and heavy cuts to a scene at an orgy where he terrorizes and tortures 2 female twins with a razor.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Dueling Critics (1983)

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Featured review

5/10

Cohen script saves it!

Sorry, but Assante is too quite and softspoken to be Hammer. He looks okay, but really has no presence. Velda, his secretary, played by Laurene Landon should have been fleshed out more!! She was great!

Some good side characters by the usual: Sorvino as a captain, Geoffrey Lewis as a drunk army buddy and Alan King as the mob boss. Plus some great NYC locations!! The script is by Larry Cohen and the whole films just screams for his direction, but he took the script money and made Q at the exact same time and place as this one.

It falls apart in the second half with typical 80s action and goofy conspiracies. Sorta fun!