This Gun for Hire
“A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!”
1942•NR•1h 21m•7.0•Released
CrimeThrillerMystery
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.
Director
Frank Tuttle
Writer
W.R. Burnett, Albert Maltz
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham
Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar
Willard Gates
Tully Marshall
Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence
Tommy
Olin Howland
Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof
Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake
Annie
Frank Ferguson
Albert Baker
Victor Kilian
Drew
Patricia Farr
Ruby
Harry Shannon
Steve Finnerty
Charles Cahill Wilson
Police Captain
Mikhail Rasumny
Slukey
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