ApprovedThis Gun for Hire

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IMDB (10,874 votes)

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Play Time: 81 mins
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
This Gun for Hire

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.

Status: Released (1942-04-24)
Awards:1 win
Screen:Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett, Graham Greene
Productions: Paramount Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
This Gun for Hire
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Reviews

John Chard

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I like Cats! So says the icy cold broken wrist killer! Phillip Raven is a hit man of no obvious moral fibre, he literally will kill anyone for the right price. After fulfilling a contract for the chocolate munching Willard Gates, he finds himself pursued by the law on account that ....

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