
This Gun for Hire
Apr 24 1942
•1h 21m
•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.
Cast
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Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham

Robert Preston
Det. Michael Crane

Laird Cregar
Willard Gates

Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
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