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) |
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| Awards: | 1 win |
| Screen: | Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett, Graham Greene |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 30510: Alan Ladd - Philip Raven
- 79245: Veronica Lake - Ellen Graham
- 40202: Robert Preston - Det. Michael Crane
- 80726: Laird Cregar - Willard Gates
- 13359: Tully Marshall - Alvin Brewster
- 3140: Marc Lawrence - Tommy
- 34209: Olin Howland - Blair Fletcher
Crews
- 17667: David Buttolph - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8622: Hans Dreier - Art Direction - Art
- 14972: Buddy G. DeSylva - Executive Producer - Production
- 80728: W.R. Burnett - Screenplay - Writing
- 7689: Wally Westmore - Makeup Department Head - Costume & Make-Up
- 15379: Graham Greene - Novel - Writing
- 70940: Albert Maltz - Screenplay - Writing
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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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“Raven” (Alan Ladd) is a meticulously capable contract killer whom we meet bumping off not just a blackmailer, but an innocent girl who just happened to be with him at the time. His boss, “Gates” (Laird Cregar) rather foolishly pays him off with dodgy cash and that earns him the enmi ....
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