This Gun for Hire
“A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!”
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
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Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
Known for
Shane
The Blue Dahlia
Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
I Married a Witch
Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane
Known for
The Last Starfighter
The Music Man
Laird Cregar
Willard Gates
Known for
Hangover Square
The Lodger
Tully Marshall
Alvin Brewster
Known for
Scarface
Ball of Fire
Marc Lawrence
Tommy
Known for
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Man with the Golden Gun
Olin Howland
Blair Fletcher
Known for
The Blob
Them!
Roger Imhof
Senator Burnett
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
Man Hunt
Pamela Blake
Annie
Known for
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Frank Ferguson
Albert Baker
Known for
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Johnny Guitar
Victor Kilian
Drew
Known for
Only Angels Have Wings
The Ox-Bow Incident
Patricia Farr
Ruby
Known for
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Frank Tuttle Director · Albert Maltz Screenplay W.R. Burnett Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1M · Budget $512K · United States release April 24, 1942
Box office
Budget
$512,423
Worldwide gross
$1,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 24, 1942
Limited theatrical · Denver, Colorado
United States · July 6, 2004
Physical · DVD
United States
May 13, 1942 · Theatrical
May 14, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
Netherlands
September 9, 2010 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
May 29, 1942 · Theatrical · (Rated A)
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