1942
6.9 (173 votes)
1h 21m
Genres
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
This Gun for Hire
A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: W.R. Burnett, Albert Maltz
Director of Photography: John F. Seitz
Director: Frank Tuttle
Top Cast
Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham
Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar
Willard Gates
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
Tully Marshall
Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence
Tommy
Olin Howland
Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof
Senator Burnett
Videos
This Gun for Hire trailer
