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Movie / This Gun for Hire (1942)
This Gun for Hire
Crime
Thriller
Mystery

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

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.

1942-04-24
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Cast
Director
Frank Tuttle
Alan Ladd as Philip Raven
Veronica Lake as Ellen Graham
Robert Preston as Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar as Willard Gates
Tully Marshall as Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence as Tommy
Olin Howland as Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof as Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake as Annie
Frank Ferguson as Albert Baker
Victor Kilian as Drew
Patricia Farr as Ruby
Harry Shannon as Steve Finnerty
Charles C. Wilson as Police Captain
Mikhail Rasumny as Slukey
Bernadene Hayes as Albert Baker's Secretary
Mary Davenport as Salesgirl
Chester Clute as Rooming House Manager
Charles Arnt as Male Dressmaker
Earle S. Dewey as Mr. Collins
Clem Bevans as Scissor Grinder
Virita Campbell as Little Girl
Don Barclay as Piano Player (uncredited)
Karin Booth as Waitress (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler as Demolition Foreman (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham as Policeman (uncredited)
Yvonne De Carlo as Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)
Gordon De Main as Superintendent (uncredited)
Jim Farley as Night Watchman (uncredited)
Virginia Farmer as Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)
Betty Farrington as Woman on Bridge (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Harvey as Passenger (uncredited)
Harry Hayden as Man in Restaurant Recognizing Gates (uncredited)
Arthur Loft as Man who Bumps into Raven (uncredited)
George Magrill as Policeman (uncredited)
John Marston as Superintendent (uncredited)
Ivan Miller as Doorman (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore as Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
Frances Morris as Receptionist (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley as Conductor (uncredited)
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
Cyril Ring as Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited)
Tim Ryan as Weems, Guard (uncredited)
John Sheehan as Keever (uncredited)
Oscar Smith as Train Porter (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley as Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan as Officer Glennon (uncredited)
Phil Tead as Machinist (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan as Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)
Richard Webb as Young Man (uncredited)
Pat West as Janitor (uncredited)