Director john sturges would also explore the saga of earp in 1967s hour of the gun. The film also contains notable early acting roles for dennis hopper and lee van cleef as well as actors who would become well known in television. With robert bray, whitney blake, patricia donahue, donald randolph. Released 1957, my gun is quick stars robert bray, whitney blake, donald randolph, patricia donahue the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Part 6 the 1957 chevy bel air 4 door to 2 door conversion is finished. My gun is quick 1957 after private detective mike hammer robert bray defends a prostitute jan chaney from a violent thug, shes killed in what looks like a. Best weapons in cinema, a list of films by treble letterboxd. The 1,000 noir films build has been placed on hold until the updates to the 1,000 greatest films and 21st century sections have been completed hopefully by no later than march 2015. A film fan since he was a wee child and received a full sized terminator movie poster as a gift, bill lives for movies. Investigating the death of a girl he barely knew, mike hammer robert bray introduces himself to stripper maria gina core, in my gun is quick, 1957, from the mickey spillane novel. It was the basis for the 1957 film of the same title, my gun is quick. My gun is quick 1957 private eyes like sam spade the maltese falcon, 1941 and philip marlowe the big sleep, 1946 look like proper gentlemen next to mike hammer, mickey spillanes detective hero of i, the jury 1953 and other pulp fiction novels. And by the way, so intimidating, that most of the time, he managed with out going armed.
Its not quite film noir, but it is eminently watchable. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. Kate capshaw can be seen using the following weapons in the following films. Nov 23, 2012 my gun is quick is a 1957 mystery film based on the novel my gun is quick by mickey spillane. Laut hbo wurde dieser film im jahre 1957 freigegeben. My gun is quick, first published in 1950, was the second book in the mike hammer series by mickey spillane. My gun is quick 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The quick gun is a 1964 american techniscope technicolor western film directed by sidney salkow and starring audie murphy. Kate capshaw internet movie firearms database guns in. After mike defends a prostitute from a violent thug, he cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. Find similar and related movies for forty guns 1957 samuel fuller on allmovie. Mickey spillaines hardboiled mike hammer sleuths for a missing diamond ring and ends up solving a murder. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. My gun is quick 1950 is mickey spillanes second novel featuring private investigator mike hammer. That said, meeker was much more sadistic in kiss me deadly and his fight with paul richards was more effective and shocking than all the brawls in my gun is quick.
Martin milner malloy in adam12 and deforest kelley mccoy in star trek. It was the second of four films produced by grant whytock and edward smalls admiral pictures in the 1960s. She is hassled by a man she appears to know and fear but mike deals with him swiftly. Until he dated a white movie star a decade before the supreme court ruled in favor of interracial marriage, the rat packer risked losing his careerand his life. Buy my gun is quick movie posters from movie poster shop. Make sure you check out comments for details on the weapons themselves. Though not a great commercial success, the browning double auto is a remarkable shotgun. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. My gun is quick is a 1957 mystery film based on the novel my gun is quick by mickey spillane. My gun is quick is a 1957 film noir crime film based on the 1950 novel my gun is quick by mickey spillane. Powell and directed by mike hammer producer victor saville credited as phil victor and george white, the movie stars robert bray as private investigator mike hammer, pamela duncan as velda, hammers secretary. My gun is quick is mickey spillanes second novel featuring private investigator mike hammer. If you disagree with the choice from a given film, make your case and i might change it.
It was the basis for the 1957 film of the same title, my gun. Corral is a 1957 western starring burt lancaster as wyatt earp and kirk douglas as doc holliday in a highly dramatized account of the infamous 1881 gunfight. Although throughout the 1950s there were many other pulp authors who wrote stories about private eyes and themes about corruption and gambling and call girl syndicates, no one wrote more stories more hardboiled than spillane. Think of it as an imaginative amateur film that was made on a shoestring budget, starring a popular war hero who succeeded in a second career as an actor. Kiss me deadly and my gun is quick are set in california, which is wrong. An entertaining murdertheft mystery film from a book by mickey spillane. Shop by department, purchase cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, cameras, baby items, and everything else on ebay, the worlds online marketplace. Get my gun is the story of how an innocent joke can turn into a kill crazy rampage. Mike hammer in i, the jury theres no such thing as innocence innocence touched with guilt is as good a deal as you can get.
Robert bray, whitney blake, patricia donahue, don randolph, richard garland, fred essler, georgia a. Glad you posted this and it is a great summation of this film in my opinion. My gun is quick approved 1h 30min crime, drama, mystery august 1957 usa a private detective helps a prostitute being assaulted, and notices that she is wearing a very unique ring. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. The best graduate from each class at the school is known as top gun.
My gun is quick has shortcomings that are symptomatic of most of spillanes work. Frank morrison spillane was a brooklyn kid, born on march 9, 1918, the only child of catherine anne and john joseph spillane, an irishamerican bartender who nicknamed him mickey. And there, i think, you have the basic materials of this movie, except, of course, for three more obligatory ingredients in all movies about brave young pilots. My gun is quick is a hardboiled film noir starring robert bray never love a. The story starts with mike hammer meeting a redheaded prostitute in a diner. Hammer is crude, rude, and hardly virtuous in his pursuit of lawbreakers and the film versions of spillanes novels dont bother to clean hammer up for the screen either. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
Jul 02, 2014 glad you posted this and it is a great summation of this film in my opinion. There really wasnt much money spent on this build just lots and lots of hours. Detective mike hammers investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves. Trifive chevy 4 door to 2 door conversion quick, cheap. If double indemnity is a 10 in the pantheon of film noir achievement, mgiq would be lucky to garner a rating of 2 or 3. Robert bray, whitney blake, patricia donahue, pamela duncan, donald randolph robert bray, best known to babyboomers as ranger corey on tvs lassie, is cast as mickey spillanes roughedged private eye mike hammer in my gun is quick. A natural storyteller, he managed to sell a story or two to various magazines, but mostly he worked odd jobs including a stint as a lifeguard before enrolling at fort hays state college in kansas, where he played football and swam competively. She is later found murdered and there is no trace of the ring, which turns out to be part of a cache of jewelry stolen by the nazis during world war ii and smuggled out of france. I think this film stinks, other than the song, but that is my opinion on anything written by leon uris. A private detective helps a prostitute being assaulted, and notices that. My gun is quick is a 1957 film noir crime film based on the novel my gun is quick by mickey spillane. Claxton, with forrest tucker, mara corday, jim davis, at turner classic movies. Trifive chevy 4 door to 2 door conversion quick, cheap and.
Approved 90 min mystery august 1957 usa the high society dame who played it lowdown and dirty. Jun 09, 2017 and by the way, so intimidating, that most of the time, he managed with out going armed. She is later found murdered and there is no trace of the ring, which turns out to be part of a cache of jewelry stolen by the nazis during world war ii. With its 2612 inch ventilated rib barrel, it weighs just six pounds, three ounces. Jun 06, 2015 approved 90 min mystery august 1957 usa the high society dame who played it lowdown and dirty.
Kate capshaw holds a winchester 1866 yellow boy as susanna mckaskel in the quick and the dead 1987. Audie murphy full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Mar 24, 2020 a film fan since he was a wee child and received a full sized terminator movie poster as a gift, bill lives for movies. The plot of my gun is quick is mighty convoluted, perhaps to cover the fact that the characterizations are paperthin, with few likely to care about those peopling the silver screen therein. W hatever else you may think about mike hammer, one word may well be appropriate. Bray did good handtohand combat in my gun is quick. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. A private detective helps a prostitute being assaulted, and notices that she is wearing a very unique ring. My gun is quick 1957 stream and watch online moviefone. After only 3 weeks of work, my 57 chevy bel air has been successfully converted into a 2 door hot rod.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Investigating the death of a girl he barely knew, mike hammer robert bray introduces himself to stripper maria gina core, in my gun is quick, 1957, from the mickey spillane novel view the tcmdb entry for my gun is quick 1957. Of course in my opinion the best film portrayal of hammer was by mickey spillane himself, even if that film was the weakest of the bunch. The hammer books are not only extreme in their subject matter, but they also have a. My gun is quick 1957 after private detective mike hammer robert bray defends a prostitute jan chaney from a violent thug, shes killed in what looks like a hitandrun accident. Jul 17, 2006 spillane grew up in brooklyn and elizabeth, new jersey and graduated from high school in brooklyn right at the height of the depression. My gun is quick movie posters from movie poster shop.
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