
This Gun for Hire
1942 • Crime | Thriller
Frank Tuttle
Director
Status
Released
Release date
April 24, 1942
Duration
81 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.6727
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

Sam Harris

Harry Harvey

Harry Hayden

Charles Irwin

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