My Gun Is Quick (film)

My Gun Is Quick is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by George White and Victor Saville (as Phil Victor) and starring Robert Bray.

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 (as Don Randolph)
 * Richard Garland as Louis
 * Fred Essler as Ludwig Teller
 * Booth Colman as Capt. Pat Chambers
 * Pamela Duncan as Velda
 * Genie Coree as Maria (as Gina Coré)
 * Patricia Donahue as Dione
 * Jan Chaney as Red
 * Terence de Marney as Jean (as Terence De Marney)
 * Peter Mamakos as La Roche
 * Claire Carleton as Nightclub Boss
 * 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"; 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."