This Gun for Hire

7.0 / 10

(188 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Crime,

Thriller,

Mystery

Duration:

81 minutes

Year:

1942

Director:

Frank Tuttle

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Company:

Paramount Pictures

Budget:

$512,423

Revenue:

$1,000,000

Cast:
Alan Ladd

Philip Raven

Veronica Lake

Ellen Graham

Robert Preston

Det. Michael Crane

Laird Cregar

Willard Gates

Tully Marshall

Alvin Brewster

Crew:
David Buttolph

Original Music Composer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Wally Westmore

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