This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire

A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!

NR 1942 · 81 min · ★ 7.0 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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.

Directed by Frank Tuttle · Written by Albert Maltz

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Alan Ladd Philip Raven
Veronica Lake Ellen Graham
Robert Preston Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar Willard Gates
Tully Marshall Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence Tommy
Olin Howland Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake Annie
Frank Ferguson Albert Baker
Victor Kilian Drew
Patricia Farr Ruby

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