My Gun Is Quick (1957 film)
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My Gun Is Quick is a 1957 American film noir crime drama featuring private detective Mike Hammer, adapted from Mickey Spillane's novel of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Gun Is Quick (1957 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8715552 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Gun Is Quick (1957 film) Context triple: [Mike Hammer, adaptedIn, My Gun Is Quick (1957 film)]
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A.
The Gun Runners (1958 film)
The Gun Runners is a 1958 American crime drama film loosely based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel "To Have and Have Not," focusing on a charter-boat captain drawn into dangerous smuggling.
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B.
This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime thriller, best known for pairing Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in one of the genre’s defining early roles.
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C.
Top Gun (1955 film)
Top Gun (1955 film) is a 1955 Western movie starring Sterling Hayden as a famed gunslinger who returns to his hometown to confront both his past and an impending outlaw threat.
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D.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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E.
Have Gun – Will Travel
Have Gun – Will Travel is a classic American Western television series from the late 1950s and early 1960s that follows the adventures of a sophisticated, gun-for-hire troubleshooter known as Paladin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Gun Is Quick (1957 film) Target entity description: My Gun Is Quick is a 1957 American film noir crime drama featuring private detective Mike Hammer, adapted from Mickey Spillane's novel of the same name.
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A.
The Gun Runners (1958 film)
The Gun Runners is a 1958 American crime drama film loosely based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel "To Have and Have Not," focusing on a charter-boat captain drawn into dangerous smuggling.
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B.
This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime thriller, best known for pairing Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in one of the genre’s defining early roles.
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C.
Top Gun (1955 film)
Top Gun (1955 film) is a 1955 Western movie starring Sterling Hayden as a famed gunslinger who returns to his hometown to confront both his past and an impending outlaw threat.
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D.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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E.
Have Gun – Will Travel
Have Gun – Will Travel is a classic American Western television series from the late 1950s and early 1960s that follows the adventures of a sophisticated, gun-for-hire troubleshooter known as Paladin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOfGenre | hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ |
| basedOn | My Gun Is Quick (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Mickey Spillane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Mike Hammer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Velda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kenneth Peach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director |
George White
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victor Saville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Maurice Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
corruption
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murder investigation ⓘ organized crime ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mike Hammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Marlin Skiles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | private detective investigation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Mike Hammer films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Victor Saville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| runtime | 90 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Richard M. Powell
NERFINISHED
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Steve Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Donald Randolph
NERFINISHED
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Pamela Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Bray NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Gun Is Quick (1957 film) Description of subject: My Gun Is Quick is a 1957 American film noir crime drama featuring private detective Mike Hammer, adapted from Mickey Spillane's novel of the same name.
Referenced by (2)
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