This Gun for Hire
1942·United States·80 min.
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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.
DirectorFrank Tuttle
MusicDavid Buttolph
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
CastAlan Ladd·Veronica Lake·Robert Preston·Laird Cregar·Tully Marshall·Marc Lawrence·Mikhail Rasumny·Yvonne De Carlo
Original titleThis Gun for Hire