{"id":16750,"date":"2017-03-25T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T06:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=16750"},"modified":"2017-03-26T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T17:12:52","slug":"movie-review-gun-quick-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/movie-review-gun-quick-1956\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: My Gun is Quick (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=adamsblog03-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B004X63RPM&#038;asins=B004X63RPM&#038;linkId=152b9a784ece3584924be00ca0f2a5c9&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nMy Gun is Quick stars Robert Bray as Mike Hammer, Mickey Spillane\u2019s hardest of hard boiled private eyes. Hammer comes to the defense of a prostitute being beaten and gives her money to get home on. When he finds out later that she was murdered, Hammer sets out to find the killer.<\/p>\n<p>The film is obviously low budget but competently made, with solid direction and editing. The less expensive production actually helps creates a gritty Noir feel.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Bray was strangely given an &#8220;introducing&#8221; credit when\u00a0he\u2019d been appearing in films for fourteen years. However, he is a solid Mike Hammer. I\u2019m not a huge fan of Mike Hammer, but I was pleased with Bray\u2019s portrayal. He portrays Hammer as a rough character, but still makes him feel sympathetic and human as he goes about his journey as he cuts through the underworld to unravel this mystery which he takes on as a personal crusade.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the cast is mostly unknowns. The biggest name I recognized in this was Patricia Donahue, who played a bar girl in this and would later play Lucy Hamiltion in the Michael Shayne TV series. Despite the lack of star power, the cast turns in mostly solid performances.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the film is worth watching for fans of Mike Hammer, or those looking for a solid Noir film. It is available either as a DVD or for instant viewing through Amazon.com and can be watched by Amazon prime members for free.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchaser.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If<\/em> you<em> enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your kindle.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Gun is Quick stars Robert Bray as Mike Hammer, Mickey Spillane\u2019s hardest of hard boiled private eyes. Hammer comes to the defense of a prostitute being beaten and gives her money to get home on. When he finds out later that she was murdered, Hammer sets out to find the killer. 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