This Gun for Hire (1942)

  • NR
  • 04/24/1942 (US)
  • Crime, Thriller, Mystery
  • 1h 21m

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.

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Graham Greene

Novel

Albert Maltz

Screenplay

Frank Tuttle

Director

Cast

Veronica Lake's headshot

Veronica Lake

Ellen Graham
Robert Preston's headshot

Robert Preston

Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar's headshot

Laird Cregar

Willard Gates
Alan Ladd's headshot

Alan Ladd

Philip Raven
Tully Marshall's headshot

Tully Marshall

Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence's headshot

Marc Lawrence

Tommy
Olin Howland's headshot

Olin Howland

Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof's headshot

Roger Imhof

Senator Burnett

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