This Gun for Hire
1942 • Crime | Thriller
Frank Tuttle
Director
Status
Released
Release date
April 24, 1942
Duration
81 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.1241
Budget
$512,423
Revenue
$1,000,000
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
Veronica Lake
Robert Preston
Laird Cregar
Alan Ladd
Tully Marshall
Marc Lawrence
Olin Howland
Roger Imhof
Pamela Blake
Frank Ferguson
Victor Kilian
Patricia Farr
Harry Shannon
Charles C. Wilson
Mikhail Rasumny
Bernadene Hayes
Mary Davenport
Chester Clute
Charles Arnt
Earle S. Dewey
Clem Bevans
Virita Campbell
Don Barclay
Karin Booth
Eddy Chandler
Jack Cheatham
Yvonne De Carlo
Gordon De Main
Jim Farley
Virginia Farmer
Harry Harvey
Harry Hayden
Arthur Loft
George Magrill
John Marston
Ivan Miller
Charles R. Moore
Pat O'Malley
Sarah Padden
Cyril Ring
Julian Rivero
Tim Ryan
John Sheehan
Edwin Stanley
Elliott Sullivan
Phil Tead
Emmett Vogan
Richard Webb
Pat West
