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A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun! - This Gun for Hire
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Title: This Gun for Hire

Release Date: 24 Apr 1942

Runtime: 1h 21m

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (168 votes)

Cast

  • Ellen Graham: Veronica Lake
  • Det. Michael Crane: Robert Preston
  • Willard Gates: Laird Cregar
  • Philip Raven: Alan Ladd
  • Alvin Brewster: Tully Marshall
  • Tommy: Marc Lawrence
  • Blair Fletcher: Olin Howland
  • Senator Burnett: Roger Imhof
  • Annie: Pamela Blake
  • Albert Baker: Frank Ferguson
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