This Gun for Hire
1942 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
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.
Direction Frank Tuttle
Cast Alan Ladd · Veronica Lake · Robert Preston · Laird Cregar · Tully Marshall · Marc Lawrence · Mikhail Rasumny · Yvonne De Carlo
Soundtrack David Buttolph
Screenplay Albert Maltz · W.R. Burnett · Graham Greene
Cinematography John F. Seitz
Original title This Gun for Hire
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