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This Gun for Hire

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Calorie Rating: 114
Released: 1942-04-24
Running Time: 81 Minutes
Budget: 512423
Revenue 1000000
Studios: Paramount Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

George Templeton
Assistant Director
George King
Stage Director


Cast

Veronica Lake
Character: Ellen Graham
Robert Preston
Character: Det. Michael Crane
Laird Cregar
Character: Willard Gates

Alan Ladd
Character: Philip Raven
Tully Marshall
Character: Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence
Character: Tommy

Olin Howland
Character: Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof
Character: Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake
Character: Annie

Frank Ferguson
Character: Albert Baker
Victor Kilian
Character: Drew
Patricia Farr
Character: Ruby

Harry Shannon
Character: Steve Finnerty
Charles C. Wilson
Character: Police Captain
Mikhail Rasumny
Character: Slukey

Bernadene Hayes
Character: Albert Baker's Secretary
Mary Davenport
Character: Salesgirl
Chester Clute
Character: Rooming House Manager

Charles Arnt
Character: Male Dressmaker
Earle S. Dewey
Character: Mr. Collins
Clem Bevans
Character: Scissor Grinder

Lynda Grey
Character: Gates' Secretary
Virita Campbell
Character: Little Girl
George Anderson
Character: Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Don Barclay
Character: Piano Player (uncredited)
Ernest Baskett
Character: Porter (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
Character: Innocent Dupe (uncredited)

Karin Booth
Character: Waitress (uncredited)
Harry Brown
Character: Superintendent (uncredited)
William Cabanne
Character: Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler
Character: Demolition Foreman (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Kenneth Chryst
Character: Workman (uncredited)

Yvonne De Carlo
Character: Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
Character: Superintendent (uncredited)
Joan Evans
Character: Saleslady's Mother (uncredited)

Jim Farley
Character: Night Watchman (uncredited)
Virginia Farmer
Character: Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Character: Woman on Bridge (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Character: Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Character: Passenger (uncredited)

Harry Hayden
Character: Man in Restaurant Recognizing Gates (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Character: Old Irishman (uncredited)
Louise La Planche
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Lora Lee
Character: Girl in Car (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Character: Man who Bumps into Raven (uncredited)
Patsy Mace
Character: Young Girl in Reception Room (uncredited)

George Magrill
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
John Marston
Character: Superintendent (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Character: Detective (uncredited)

Ivan Miller
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Character: Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Character: Receptionist (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Character: Conductor (uncredited)
Sarah Padden
Character: Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
Reed Porter
Character: Workman (uncredited)

Lee Prather
Character: Gateman (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Character: Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Character: Man with Monkey (uncredited)

Dick Rush
Character: Lt. Clark (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Character: Weems, Guard (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Character: Keever (uncredited)

Oscar Smith
Character: Train Porter (uncredited)
Alan Speer
Character: Frog (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Character: Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan
Character: Officer Glennon (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Character: Machinist (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Character: Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)

Fred Walburn
Character: Walt - Newsboy (uncredited)
Richard Webb
Character: Young Man (uncredited)
Pat West
Character: Janitor (uncredited)

Gloria Williams
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Robert Winkler
Character: Jimmie (uncredited)


Production and Crew

W.R. Burnett
Screenplay
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography

Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Robert Usher
Art Direction

David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer

Wally Westmore
Makeup Department Head
Albert Maltz
Screenplay
Frank Tuttle
Additional Writing

Richard Blumenthal
Associate Producer
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator

Walter Scharf
Orchestrator
William L. Pereira
Special Effects

Farciot Edouart
Special Effects
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Philip Wisdom
Sound Recordist

John Cope
Sound Recordist
Lynd Ward
Production Design

Mal Bulloch
Still Photographer
Teet Carle
Publicist

Marian Chavez
Technical Advisor
Jimmy Grippo
Technical Advisor
Frank Herman
Technical Advisor

Buck Walters
Boom Operator