Man with a Gun (1958 film)

Man with a Gun is a low-budget 1958 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson and John Le Mesurier. The screenplay was by Michael Winner.

Plot
Insurance investigator Mike Davies looks into a suspicious fire that burned down a nightclub. He initially suspects the club's manager, Harry Drayson, but after Davies meets Drayson's niece Stella, she helps him uncover a mob protection scheme responsible for the arson.

Cast

 * Lee Patterson as Mike Davies
 * Rona Anderson as Stella
 * John Le Mesurier as Harry Drayson
 * Bill Nagy as Joe Harris
 * Marne Maitland as Max
 * Glen Mason as Steve Riley
 * Carlo Borelli as Carlo
 * Harold Lang as John Drayson
 * Cyril Chamberlain as Superindendent Wood
 * Dorinda Stevens as club receptionist

Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This crime melodrama is a routine British second feature competently made and efficiently acted. Although it has few distinctive features it fulfils its purpose in a workmanlike way."

TV Guide called it a "so-so crime story. Despite some fast pacing in the direction, the script is too simplistic for the fare."