This Gun for Hire

Name: This Gun for Hire
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 24 Apr 1942
Rating: 6.90
Cast: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall

A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun! 1942-04-24 United States of America 81 minutes.

6.90 175 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.

Year 1942

Studio Paramount Pictures

Director Frank Tuttle

Crew David Buttolph (Original Music Composer), W.R. Burnett (Screenplay), Frank Tuttle (Director), Robert Usher (Art Direction), Archie Marshek (Editor), Wally Westmore (Makeup Department Head)

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Language English