this film have be on my amust see list for year and i finally get to see it recently . it be probably one of the good low budget detective yarn of the late 50 and be improve by have a producer ( victor saville ) very familiar with his material have produce two earlier spillane or hammer film . robert bray be excellent a an unshaven worn out mike hammer and be well support by the rest of the cast . the script and location photography be good and the music suitably sleazy and atmospheric . what let it down be the predictable end and often a problem with spillane story it nearly always the dame that dunnit . my favourite hammer film be the first version of i and the jury which benefit from some superb noir imagery . this film isn not quite that good but be a serviceable and very entertaining movie .