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This Gun for Hire

A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!

  • Movie
  • 1942
  • NR
  • 1h 21m

Directed by Frank Tuttle

7.0

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7.0 out of 10 from 201 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Alan Ladd

    Alan LaddPhilip Raven

  • Veronica Lake

    Veronica LakeEllen Graham

  • Robert Preston

    Robert PrestonDet. Michael Crane

  • Laird Cregar

    Laird CregarWillard Gates

  • Tully Marshall

    Tully MarshallAlvin Brewster

  • Marc Lawrence

    Marc LawrenceTommy

  • Olin Howland

    Olin HowlandBlair Fletcher

  • Roger Imhof

    Roger ImhofSenator Burnett

  • Pamela Blake

    Pamela BlakeAnnie

  • Frank Ferguson

    Frank FergusonAlbert Baker

  • Victor Kilian

    Victor KilianDrew

  • Patricia Farr

    Patricia FarrRuby

  • Harry Shannon

    Harry ShannonSteve Finnerty

  • Charles Cahill Wilson

    Charles Cahill WilsonPolice Captain

  • Mikhail Rasumny

    Mikhail RasumnySlukey

  • Bernadene Hayes

    Bernadene HayesAlbert Baker's Secretary

  • Mary Davenport

    Mary DavenportSalesgirl

  • Chester Clute

    Chester CluteRooming House Manager

Director
Frank Tuttle
Writer
W.R. Burnett, Graham Greene and Albert Maltz
Music
David Buttolph
Cinematography
John F. Seitz