Mein Revolver war schneller (1957)

Mein Revolver war schneller: Directed by Victor Saville, George White. With Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Patricia Donahue, Donald Randolph. Detective Mike Hammer becomes curious when a woman he befriended is murdered.

“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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe 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 sheu0026#39;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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs 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 thatu0026#39;s worth seeing.”