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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Action Videos, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Crime, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Vengeance, Film Noir, Hit Men, Blackmail | | Starring | Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Marc Lawrence, Harry Shannon, Frank Ferguson, Pamela Blake, Mikhail Rasumny, Veronica Lake, Bernadene Hayes | | Director | Frank Tuttle | | Cinematographer | John F. Seitz | | Composer | David Buttolph | | Editor | Archie Marshek | | Producer | Richard M. Blumenthal | | Production Designer | Hans Dreier | | Screenwriter | W.R. Burnett |
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re Professional hit man Philip Raven is out for revenge when he is double-crossed by his latest client, Willard Gates. Assisting Raven is a beautiful blonde investigating Gates' plan to sell chemical weapons to the Japanese. In this classic tough-guy film noir, genre mainstay Alan Ladd plays Philip Raven, a double-crossed gun-for-hire who is out for revenge. Veronica Lake is Ellen Graham, his platinum blond bombshell companion. Raven is kind to everyone that's not a target but, after he kills an extortionist and receives stolen money in compensation, he himself becomes the target of a Senate investigation that ultimately puts Ellen in his crosshairs. "This Gun for Hire" was the first screen pairing of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.
Film was remade in 1957 as "Short Cut to Hell" (directed by James Cagney) and in 1991 as the made-for-TV movie "This Gun for Hire" (starring Robert Wagner).
Additional cast: Pamela Blake (as Annie), Roger Imhoff (Senator), Victor Killian (Brewster's secretary), Bernadene Hayes (Baker's secretary), James Farley (Night watchman), and Virita Campbell (Cripple girl). This Gun For Hire Quotes/Excerpts: "How do you feel when you are doing a job like this?" -- Willard Gates (Laird Cregar) to hitman Philip Raven (Alan Ladd)
"I feel fine." -- Raven This Gun For Hire | List Price | $14.98 (You save $5.29) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1942 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4613  | | CD Universe Part number | 6739626 | | Catalog number | 61025500 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 06, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 81 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Black & White; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Black & White; Subtitled |
This Gun For Hire Movie Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)  gun for hire
good, limited violence, no sex no profanity- good movie
Submitted by free_lansing (mission tx) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Introducing Alan Ladd
In what must have been his first movie, or, at least, his first starring role, Alan Ladd is a hired killer who is double crossed by the drug firm who hired him. Along the way, he meets Veronica Lake, who plays a singing magician, but a good girl just the same.
The story is rather loosely woven, and predictable, but enjoyable.
Submitted by Charlie (Bensenville, IL)
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