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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).
Official Trailer. 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.
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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)...
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
Sep 8, 2020 · Based on a Graham Greene novel (titled ‘A Gun For Sale’ in the UK), This Gun For Hire sees Ladd play Philip Raven, an assassin who we witness killing a chemist to retrieve a stolen formula for his employer Willard Gates (Laird Cregar).
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Assassin Philip Raven is hired by nightclub owner Willard Gates to kill a chemist on behalf of quisling industralist Alvin Brewster. However, he is soon pursued by San Francisco cop Michael Crane,...