This Gun for Hire
179 reviews
Crime/Thriller
1h 21m
1942
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'...
OVERVIEW
PHOTOS
VIDEOS

Storyline
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.
- DirectorFrank Tuttle
- Release24 April 1942
- Genre
- Duration1h 21m
- Budget$512,423
- Revenue$1,000,000
- Rate179 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures
Cast

Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham

Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane

Laird Cregar
Willard Gates

Alan Ladd
Philip Raven

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

Harry Shannon
Steve Finnerty

Charles C. Wilson
Police Captain

Mikhail Rasumny
Slukey

Bernadene Hayes
Albert Baker's Secretary

Mary Davenport
Salesgirl

Chester Clute
Rooming House Manager

Charles Arnt
Male Dressmaker

Earle S. Dewey
Mr. Collins

Clem Bevans
Scissor Grinder

Virita Campbell
Little Girl

Don Barclay
Piano Player (uncredited)

Karin Booth
Waitress (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler
Demolition Foreman (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham
Policeman (uncredited)

Yvonne De Carlo
Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)

Gordon De Main
Superintendent (uncredited)

Jim Farley
Night Watchman (uncredited)

Virginia Farmer
Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)

Harry Harvey
Passenger (uncredited)

Harry Hayden
Man in Restaurant Recognizing Gates (uncredited)

Arthur Loft
Man who Bumps into Raven (uncredited)

George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)

John Marston
Superintendent (uncredited)

Ivan Miller
Doorman (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore
Pullman Waiter (uncredited)

Frances Morris
Receptionist (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Conductor (uncredited)

Sarah Padden
Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

Cyril Ring
Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited)

Tim Ryan
Weems, Guard (uncredited)

John Sheehan
Keever (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley
Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan
Officer Glennon (uncredited)

Phil Tead
Machinist (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)

Richard Webb
Young Man (uncredited)

Pat West
Janitor (uncredited)
Similar Movies

High Sierra
1941

Water Drops on Burning Rocks
2000

Murder, My Sweet
1944

The Petrified Forest
1936

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942

The Olsen Gang Sees Red
1976

Somewhere in the Night
1946

Storm Over Asia
1928

Strangers on a Train
1951

Lord of the Flies
1990

Mystic Pizza
1988

Laura
1944

Shadow of a Doubt
1943

The Salesman
2016

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994

Love Lies Bleeding
2024

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991

Rope
1948

Johnny English Reborn
2011
