This Gun for Hire (1942)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 24, 1942Release Date
This Gun for Hire (1942)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 24, 1942Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven
Veronica Lake
Ellen Graham
Robert Preston
Michael Crane
Laird Cregar
Willard Gates
Tully Marshall
Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence
Tommy
Olin Howland
Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof
Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake
Annie
Frank Ferguson
Albert Baker
Victor Kilian
Drew
Frank Tuttle
Director
Patricia Farr
Ruby
Harry Shannon
Steve Finnerty
Albert Maltz
Writer
W.R. Burnett
Writer
Charles C. Wilson
Police Captain
Mikhail Rasumny
Slukey
Graham Greene
Writer
Bernadene Hayes
Albert Baker's Secretary
David Buttolph
Composer
John F. Seitz
Cinematographer
Mary Davenport
Salesgirl
Archie Marshek
Editor
Chester Clute
Rooming House Manager
Charles Arnt
Male Dressmaker
Earle S. Dewey
Mr. Collins
Clem Bevans
Scissor Grinder
Lynda Grey
Gates' Secretary
Virita Campbell
Little Girl
George Anderson
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Don Barclay
Piano Player (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
Innocent Dupe (uncredited) / Stunts
Karin Booth
Waitress (uncredited)
Harry Brown
Superintendent (uncredited)
William Cabanne
Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Demolition Foreman (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Policeman (uncredited)
Yvonne De Carlo
Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
Superintendent (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Night Watchman (uncredited)
Virginia Farmer
Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Woman on Bridge (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Man in Restaurant Recognizing Gates (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Old Irishman (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Man who Bumps into Raven (uncredited)
George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)
John Marston
Superintendent (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Detective (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
Doorman (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Receptionist (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Conductor (uncredited)
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
Lee Prather
Gateman (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Man with Monkey (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Lt. Clark (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Weems - Guard (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Keever (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Train Porter (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
Officer Glennon (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Machinist (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)
Fred Walburn
Walt - Newsboy (uncredited)
Richard Webb
Young Man (uncredited)
Pat West
Janitor (uncredited)
Gloria Williams
Woman (uncredited)
Robert Winkler
Jimmie (uncredited)
Ernest Baskett
Porter (uncredited)
Kenneth Chryst
Workman (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Passenger (uncredited)
Joan Evans
Saleslady's Mother
Louise La Planche
Dancer (uncredited)
Lora Lee
Girl in Car (uncredited)
Patsy Mace
Young Girl in Reception Room (uncredited)
Reed Porter
Workman (uncredited)
Alan Speer
Frog (uncredited)
Walter Scharf
Orchestrator
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Department Head
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
John Cope
Sound Recordist
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Frank Loesser
Songs
Robert Usher
Art Direction
William L. Pereira
Special Effects
George Templeton
Assistant Director
Richard Blumenthal
Associate Producer
Farciot Edouart
Special Effects
Philip Wisdom
Sound Recordist
Mal Bulloch
Still Photographer
Lynd Ward
Production Design
Jacques Press
Songs
Teet Carle
Publicist
Marian Chavez
Technical Advisor
Jimmy Grippo
Technical Advisor
Frank Herman
Technical Advisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 24, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Budget$512,423
Box Office$1,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
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).
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