This Gun for Hire (1942)1h21
Crime · Thriller
Director Frank Tuttle
Also directed The Canary Murder Case, Roman Scandals, Suspense, and 66 more
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.
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Cast
Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake
Robert Preston
Laird Cregar
Tully Marshall
Marc Lawrence
Olin Howland
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