My Gun Is Quick (film)
My Gun Is Quick | |
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Directed by | Victor Saville (as Phil Victor) George White |
Written by | Mickey Spillane (novel) Richard Powell Richard Collins |
Produced by | Victor Saville (as Phil Victor) George White |
Starring | Robert Bray Whitney Blake Donald Randolph |
Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Music by | Marlin Skiles |
Production company | Parklane Pictures |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
My Gun Is Quick is a 1957 film noir crime film based on the 1950 novel My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane.[1] Written by Richard M. Powell and directed by Mike Hammer producer Victor Saville credited as Phil Victor[2] and George White, the movie stars Robert Bray as private investigator Mike Hammer, Whitney Blake and Pamela Duncan as Velda, Hammer's secretary.[3]
Plot[]
Private investigator Mike Hammer, by assisting a prostitute being assaulted, cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. Later, when she is found murdered that ring is nowhere to be found. From here the story moves to a cache of jewelry stolen by the Nazis during World War II and smuggled out of France after the war by an American army colonel, who, together with Mike Hammer, tries to find the ring and recover all the other jewels. However, many parties are on the lookout and the private eye runs into big trouble.
Cast[]
- Robert Bray as Mike Hammer
- Whitney Blake as Nancy Williams
- Donald Randolph as Colonel Holloway
- Jan Chaney as 'Red'
- Gina Core as Maria Teresa Garcia
- Pamela Duncan as Velda, Hammer's secretary
- Booth Colman as Det. Pat Chambers
- Phil Arnold as "Shorty"
Critical reception[]
TV Guide noted "The third of UA's Mike Hammer films in the 1950s...the usual number of fisticuffs, killings, and love scenes are presented. This is a lesser work in the series. Though well-crafted, the story is shallow and not really worth the efforts given here. The violence is often senseless and the sex seems to exist only for its own sake. Well produced, but still a boring and tasteless piece";[4] In a synopsis of the film for Allmovie, Hal Erickson wrote, "Not quite as accomplished as Robert Aldrich's classic Mike Hammer yarn Kiss Me Deadly, My Gun Is Quick works well within its modest limits."[5]
References[]
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ p.63 Collins, Max Allan & Traylor, James L. Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations McFarland, 4 May 2012
- ^ "My Gun Is Quick (1957)".
- ^ "My Gun Is Quick - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "My Gun Is Quick (1957) - Phil Victor, George White - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
External links[]
- 1957 films
- English-language films
- 1957 crime films
- American films
- Films about prostitution in the United States
- 1950s mystery films
- American detective films
- American mystery films
- United Artists films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on works by Mickey Spillane
- Films directed by Victor Saville
- Films produced by Victor Saville
- Mystery film stubs