This Gun for Hire

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

Sep 19 1942 Approved 1h 21m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by traitor Willard Gates in "hot" money. Meanwhile, pert entertainer Ellen Graham, girlfriend of police Lieut. Crane (who's after Raven) is enlisted by a Senate committee to help investigate Gates. Raven, seeking Gates for revenge, meets Ellen on the train; their relationship gradually evolves from that of killer and potential victim to an uneasy alliance against a common enemy.

Written by

Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett, Graham Greene

Directed by

Frank Tuttle

Cast

Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

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# of Votes
11,052
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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