Where to watch This Gun for Hire(1942)

Name: This Gun for Hire
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1942-04-24
Duration: 81 min
Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Tully Marshall

Movie · 1942 · 1h 21m · Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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This Gun for Hire plot summary

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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Release date: April 24, 1942
Runtime: 1h 21m
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Directed by: Frank Tuttle
Country: United States
TMDB rating: 7.0 / 10 · 198 votes

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Cast

Alan LaddPhilip Raven
Veronica LakeEllen Graham
Robert PrestonDet. Michael Crane
Laird CregarWillard Gates
Tully MarshallAlvin Brewster
Marc LawrenceTommy
Olin HowlandBlair Fletcher
Roger ImhofSenator Burnett
Pamela BlakeAnnie
Frank FergusonAlbert Baker

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In the United States, This Gun for Hire isn't included with any subscription, but you can rent or buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube.