This Gun for Hire (1942)
24/04/1942
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
1h 21m
- 69% (173 votes)
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A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!
Overview
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
- Frank TuttleDirector
- W.R. BurnettScreenplay
- Albert MaltzScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$512,423
Revenue
$1,000,000
Keywords
- police
- hitman
- propaganda
- cat
- paranoia
- femme fatale
- film noir
- conspiracy
- black and white
- train
- hired killer
- police shootout
- nightclub performer
- murder mystery
- female magician
Top Billed Cast
Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham
Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar
Willard Gates
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
Tully Marshall
Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence
Tommy
Olin Howland
Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof
Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake
Annie
Frank Ferguson
Albert Baker
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