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This Gun for Hire

CrimeThrillerMystery
1942, 1h 21min
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.
Country: United States
Director:
Frank Tuttle
Cast:
Sam Harris,
Emmett Vogan,
Cyril Ring,
Chuck Hamilton
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Critic David Parkinson
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...veteran director Frank Tuttle managed to produce a compelling prototype film noir, whose dark heart was evocatively captured by John Seitz's increasingly brooding photography.

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Cast & Crew

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Frank Tuttle
Director
Sam Harris
As Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
As Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
As Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
As Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
As Passenger (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
As Demolition Foreman (uncredited)

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This Gun for Hire was released in theaters on May 13, 1942.

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