This Gun for Hire

April. 24,1942      NR
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Veronica Lake as  Ellen Graham
Robert Preston as  Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar as  Willard Gates
Alan Ladd as  Philip Raven
Tully Marshall as  Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence as  Tommy
Olin Howland as  Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof as  Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake as  Annie
Frank Ferguson as  Albert Baker

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