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This Gun for Hire (1942)

Film · 1942 · 81 min · NR · Crime · Thriller · Mystery

A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!

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.

Directed by Frank Tuttle

Starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Olin Howland, Roger Imhof

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas13 May 1942
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release6 July 2004
First release anywhere24 April 1942

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