This Gun for Hire (1942)

7.0/10 • 81 min • Crime Thriller Mystery

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.

Cast

Alan Ladd

Veronica Lake

Robert Preston

Det. Michael Crane

Laird Cregar

Tully Marshall

Marc Lawrence

Olin Howland

Roger Imhof

Senator Burnett

Pamela Blake

Frank Ferguson

Victor Kilian

Patricia Farr

Harry Shannon

Charles C. Wilson

Mikhail Rasumny

Bernadene Hayes

Albert Baker's Secretary

Mary Davenport

Chester Clute

Rooming House Manager

Charles Arnt

Male Dressmaker

Earle S. Dewey

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