Release Date
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Original Release
April 24, 1942
1h 21m
This Gun for Hire (1942)
⭐ 7.081 min
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.
Director
Frank Tuttle
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.4
Cast
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
⭐0.9
Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham
⭐0.8
Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane
⭐0.8
Laird Cregar
Willard Gates
⭐0.3
Tully Marshall
Alvin Brewster
⭐0.4
Marc Lawrence
Tommy
⭐0.8
Olin Howland
Blair Fletcher
⭐0.5
Roger Imhof
Senator Burnett
⭐0.3
Pamela Blake
Annie
⭐0.3
Frank Ferguson
Albert Baker
⭐1.0
Genres
CrimeThrillerMystery
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