Private eye Mike Hammer passes over beautiful women and corpses to find stolen jewels.Private eye Mike Hammer passes over beautiful women and corpses to find stolen jewels.Private eye Mike Hammer passes over beautiful women and corpses to find stolen jewels.
Booth Colman
- Capt. Pat Chambers
- (as Booth Coleman)
Gina Maria Hidalgo
- Maria
- (as Gina Core)
Charles Boaz
- Gangster
- (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
George Cisar
- Customs Inspector
- (uncredited)
Johnny Clark
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRobert Bray receives an "introducing" credit, even though he is credited in 32 prior movies starting in 1947 (and 31 more, uncredited, before that). The "introducing" credit is qualified by "as Mike Hammer", suggesting that further appearances as Mike Hammer were planned or at least considered.
- GoofsWhen Hammer drives Maria from the club to Red's apartment, his car has the top up. Cut to a two-shot in the car, and the top is down.
- Quotes
Mike Hammer: Off my back, chick - I'm tired!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)
- SoundtracksBlue Bells
Written by Marlin Skiles and Stanley Styne
Featured review
This is a very gritty low-budget Mickey Spillane film. Yet, despite having a no-name cast and every reason to believe it would stink, the film was very good and deserves to be seen. Robert Bray (who?!) plays Hammer--and plays him directly--without being handsome or bigger than life. This Mike Hammer was very human and very believable.
The film begins with an exhausted Mike coming into a greasy spoon for a bite. There he meets a young lady who had dreams of making it big in Hollywood but who is forced to survive through prostitution. Despite this hard life, Mike feels sorry for her and after a brief talk, gives her money to take a train back home to her family in the Midwest. Later, he learns that she's dead--the supposed victim of a hit and run. Hammer knows better--and spends the rest of the film tracking down her killers. Oddly, this case turns out to be related to an old jewel robbery. How can they be connected and how can Mike avoid getting his brains beaten out....yet again.
As I said above, this film is pretty good despite the budget. The story is excellent and the entire production works well because it seems pretty realistic and tough. A very good but relatively forgotten example of film noir that's worth seeing.
The film begins with an exhausted Mike coming into a greasy spoon for a bite. There he meets a young lady who had dreams of making it big in Hollywood but who is forced to survive through prostitution. Despite this hard life, Mike feels sorry for her and after a brief talk, gives her money to take a train back home to her family in the Midwest. Later, he learns that she's dead--the supposed victim of a hit and run. Hammer knows better--and spends the rest of the film tracking down her killers. Oddly, this case turns out to be related to an old jewel robbery. How can they be connected and how can Mike avoid getting his brains beaten out....yet again.
As I said above, this film is pretty good despite the budget. The story is excellent and the entire production works well because it seems pretty realistic and tough. A very good but relatively forgotten example of film noir that's worth seeing.
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- Also known as
- Mein Revolver war schneller
- Filming locations
- Hotel Astoria, Olive St. and 3rd St., Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(Hammer parks here and then finds Jean the janitor's body)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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