Good examples are The Glass Key and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. The Tough Guy setting is often a corrupt town, with the hero ‘in a frame’ or suspected as being part of the corruption. It’s a ‘Tough Guy’ tale - the hero is neither a cop nor a crook, just an isolated protagonist taking on trouble from all sides. The Long Wait is from Mickey Spillane’s first non-Mike Hammer novel, published in 1951. Saville’s other readily available movies are not particularly great: Green Dolphin Street, Kim, and especially not The Silver Chalice, the much-deplored turkey with Paul Newman. The other sterling contributions are from the cameraman and art director, whose combined talents would seem to have overcome the input of Victor Saville, the credited director. Quinn’s eagerness to do good work is evident in every scene.

Star Anthony Quinn easily projects the hero’s Tough Guy qualities. Mostly out of reach since the 1970s, it has finally arrived in a deluxe Studiocanal restoration. The fourth thriller The Long Wait is a non-Hammer Spillane tale. Only Robert Aldrich’s Kiss Me Deadly can be called a really great picture, a masterpiece, actually. Three of them are the Mike Hammer crime tales I, the Jury (1953), Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and My Gun is Quick 1957. The veteran filmmaker Victor Saville was associated with four early Mickey Spillane movie adaptations, all Parklane Pictures identifiable by their mostly yellow one-sheet posters. Screenplay by Lesser Samuels, Alan Green from the novel by Mickey Spillane Original Music: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Starring: Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay, Shawn Smith, Dolores Donlon, Barry Kelley, James Millican, Bruno VeSota, Jay Adler, John Damler, Frank Marlowe, Paul Dubov.

Street Date Ma/ Available from ClassicFlix / 39.99 And remember: ‘Evil to Him who Evil Thinks.’ġ954 / B&W / 1:75 widescreen / 94 min. Peggie Castle is our new favorite in the glamour sweepstakes, and Gene Evans, Charles Coburn, Mary Ellen Kay, Shawn Smith, Barry Kelley, Jay Adler and Bruno VeSota co-star. The surprisingly clever script dares to exploit the gimmicks of both amnesia and plastic surgery - without insulting our intelligence. This Mickey Spillane noir tale has its good points: star Anthony Quinn gives a solid ‘tough guy’ performance, sizing up a quartet of thrill-crazy Spillane dames that promise no end of trouble.

Silver sevens hotel & casino reviews