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70% Critic Match
This Gun for Hire
“A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!”
7.0 / 10• 1942• 1h 21m•NR• English
CrimeThrillerMystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Tuttle's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. This Gun for Hire is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
