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This Gun for Hire (1942)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

Crime Thriller Mystery

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

Release Date: 1942, April 24
Directors: Frank Tuttle
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures
Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Olin Howland, Eddy Chandler, Chuck Hamilton, Jack Cheatham, Charles C. Wilson, Emmett Vogan, Clem Bevans, Don Barclay, Sam Harris, Gordon De Main, Charles Irwin

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

cat murder mystery film noir femme fatale propaganda conspiracy police black and white train hitman paranoia hired killer police shootout nightclub performer female magician