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This Gun for Hire: Directed by Frank Tuttle. With Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd. When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
- (10K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Frank Tuttle
- 1942-09-19
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).
- Less than $500,000 or $512,423.16
- David Buttolph
- Richard Blumenthal
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In This Gun For Hire (1942), Alan Ladd makes one of the most explosive screen debuts in American cinema. His character, an assassin named Raven, is dangerous, vicious, and cold-blooded, yet it's not a shallow, one-dimensional role.
- Frank Tuttle, George Templeton
- Veronica Lake
Sadistic killer-for-hire Raven (Alan Ladd) becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates (Laird...
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- Alan Ladd
- Frank Tuttle
- Crime, Drama
This Gun For Hire (1942) — one of the finest of the early film noirs — and the first to profile the mutual talents of Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd — is a film noir to the core. This classic film noir features a troubled protagonist, a strange mix of genres, and a mean streak that has you questioning the picture's cruelty from the off.
