This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire

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

7.081 min
CrimeThrillerMystery

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 4/24/1942

Runtime: 81 min

Director: Frank Tuttle

Writers: Graham Greene, Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett

Top Cast

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

Philip Raven

Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake

Ellen Graham

Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Det. Michael Crane

Laird Cregar

Laird Cregar

Willard Gates

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

Alvin Brewster

Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

Tommy

Olin Howland

Olin Howland

Blair Fletcher

Roger Imhof

Roger Imhof

Senator Burnett

Pamela Blake

Pamela Blake

Annie

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

Albert Baker

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