Movie
This Gun for Hire
A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about This Gun for Hire
Cast
Alan LaddPhilip Raven
Veronica LakeEllen Graham
Robert PrestonDet. Michael Crane
Laird CregarWillard Gates
Tully MarshallAlvin Brewster
Marc LawrenceTommy
Olin HowlandBlair Fletcher
Roger ImhofSenator BurnettCredits
- Directed by
- Frank Tuttle
- Written by
- Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett, Graham Greene
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $512.4K
- Box office
- $1M
Production
Paramount PicturesUnited States
