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- Visually, this film is pure noir. It's directed by Frank Tuttle, who made the first version of "The Glass Key" in 1935, combining a hard-boiled gangster story and expressionist-influenced lighting.
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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).
Film Noir Crime Drama Thriller. 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. Director. Frank Tuttle.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Frank Tuttle
The 101 Best FILM NOIR POSTERS - Mark Fertig. In 2014, Mark Fertig created a coffee book table size pictorial history of film noir posters. This covers the period of the 1940s to the 1950s. Fertig organized the book from least (101) to best (1). I have reverse this listing.
Discover 33 movie posters of This Gun for Hire (Drama, Crime, Film-Noir) on MoviePosterDB.
- The Redemption of Ravenshow all 28 titles
- 26 May 1942
- Frank Tuttle
Sep 24, 2024 · THIS GUN FOR HIRE CLASSIC 1942 FILM NOIR MOVIE CRIME DRAMA STARRING VERONICA LAKE. This exceptional reproduction movie poster has been digitally retouched, remastered and enhanced from an original period poster.
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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.
Convict Johnny is forced to participate in a prison break by fellow inmate Matt. They escape and separate. Johnny falls for waitress Hope and hides in a roadhouse where he thwarts a hold-up. But soon Matt shows up - ready to use his gun.
