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This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan Ladd.It is based on the 1936 novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (published in America with the same title as the film).
Alan Ladd stars as a hit man who teams up with a woman (Veronica Lake) to expose a traitor and a foreign spy. Based on a novel by Graham Greene, the film features a classic plot, a witty script and a memorable cast.
- (11K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Frank Tuttle
- 1942-09-19
Watch the 1942 American film noir based on Graham Greene's novel, starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, and Laird Cregar. Read reviews, synopsis, and more from Internet Archive.
- 81 min
- 22.4K
- Enid Montague508
This Gun for Hire was made during World War 2, and this was a time when the country was worried about traitors, and expecting everyone in the country to do their duty to help the war effort ...
- (17)
- Alan Ladd
- Frank Tuttle
- Crime, Drama
Synopsis. In San Francisco, during World War II, Philip Raven, a cold-blooded hired killer, awakens fully dressed from his late morning sleep to carry out a job. He is to murder Albert Baker, a chemist in possession of Nitrochemical Corporation's formula for poison gas, which he is using to blackmail the Los Angeles-based company.
- Frank Tuttle, George Templeton
- Veronica Lake
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Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake star in This Gun for Hire, a hard-edged story of love, power and betrayal set in the seamy underworld of the 1940's. Raven (Ladd)...
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1942 film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel, directed by Frank Tuttle. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
