| Title: | This Gun for Hire |
| Sensity: | No |
| Imdb Rate: | 6.939 |
| Imdb Votes: | 164 |
| Duration: | 81 mins |
| Year: | 1942 |
| Language: | English, |
| Genre: | Crime, Thriller, Mystery, |
| Country: | United States of America, |
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Plot:
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.
Tags:
police,
hitman,
propaganda,
cat,
paranoia,
femme fatale,
film noir,
conspiracy,
black and white,
train,
hired killer,
police shootout,
nightclub performer,
murder mystery,
female magician,
Actors - Crew
Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham
Ellen Graham
Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane
Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar
Willard Gates
Willard Gates
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
Philip Raven
Tully Marshall
Alvin Brewster
Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence
Tommy
Tommy
Frank Tuttle
Director
Director
Graham Greene
Novel
Novel
Albert Maltz
Screenplay
Screenplay
W.R. Burnett
Screenplay
Screenplay
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
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