This Gun for Hire

Apr 24, 1942

1h 21m

★ 7.0

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

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.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

This Gun for Hire Trailers

Cast

Philip Raven

Alan Ladd

Ellen Graham

Veronica Lake

Det. Michael Crane

Robert Preston

Willard Gates

Laird Cregar

Alvin Brewster

Tully Marshall

Tommy

Marc Lawrence

Blair Fletcher

Olin Howland

Senator Burnett

Roger Imhof

Annie

Pamela Blake

Albert Baker

Frank Ferguson

Drew

Victor Kilian

Ruby

Patricia Farr

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