This Gun for Hire (1942)

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1h 21min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Apr 24, 1942 | Released

Sadistic killer-for-hire 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.

Director: Frank Tuttle

Producer:

Writer(s): Albert Maltz W.R. Burnett

Story:

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Cast & Crew

Cast (65 Members)

Tommy

Steve Finnerty

Young Man (uncredited)

Alvin Brewster

Night Watchman (uncredited)

Drew

Albert Baker

Piano Player (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

Police Captain

Janitor (uncredited)

Rooming House Manager

Philip Raven

Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)

Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Blair Fletcher (as Olin Howlin)

Man who Bumps into Raven (uncredited)

Male Dressmaker

Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited)

Det. Michael Crane

Yvonne De Carlo

Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)

Salesgirl

Ellen Graham

Willard Gates

Weems - Guard (uncredited)

Superintendent (uncredited)

Virginia Farmer

Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)

Man in Restaurant Recognizing Gates (uncredited)

Bernadene Hayes

Albert Baker's Secretary

Senator Burnett

Elliott Sullivan

Officer Glennon (uncredited)

Receptionist (uncredited)

Doorman (uncredited)

Demolition Foreman (uncredited)

Mikhail Rasumny

Slukey

Superintendent (uncredited)

Old Irishman (uncredited)

Scissor Grinder

Keever (uncredited)

Man at Audition (uncredited)

Mr. Collins (as Earle Dewey)

Annie

Ruby

Machinist (uncredited)

Man with Monkey (uncredited)

Waitress (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Lt. Clark (uncredited)

William Cabanne

Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)

Gateman (uncredited)

Jimmie (uncredited)

Charles McMurphy

Detective (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

Pullman Waiter (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Woman on Bridge (uncredited)

Superintendent (uncredited)

Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)

Conductor (uncredited)

Train Porter (uncredited)

Innocent Dupe (uncredited)

George Anderson

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Gloria Williams

Woman (uncredited)

Walt - Newsboy (uncredited)

Gates' Secretary

Marc Lawrence Tommy

Harry Shannon Steve Finnerty

Richard Webb Young Man (uncredited)

Tully Marshall Alvin Brewster

Jim Farley Night Watchman (uncredited)

Victor Kilian Drew

Frank Ferguson Albert Baker

Don Barclay Piano Player (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson Police Captain

Pat West Janitor (uncredited)

Chester Clute Rooming House Manager

Alan Ladd Philip Raven

Edwin Stanley Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton Policeman (uncredited)

Olin Howland Blair Fletcher (as Olin Howlin)

Arthur Loft Man who Bumps into Raven (uncredited)

Charles Arnt Male Dressmaker

Sarah Padden Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

Cyril Ring Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Preston Det. Michael Crane

Yvonne De Carlo Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)

Mary Davenport Salesgirl

Veronica Lake Ellen Graham

Laird Cregar Willard Gates

Tim Ryan Weems - Guard (uncredited)

Gordon De Main Superintendent (uncredited)

Virginia Farmer Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)

Harry Hayden Man in Restaurant Recognizing Gates (uncredited)

Bernadene Hayes Albert Baker's Secretary

Roger Imhof Senator Burnett

Elliott Sullivan Officer Glennon (uncredited)

Frances Morris Receptionist (uncredited)

Ivan Miller Doorman (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler Demolition Foreman (uncredited)

Mikhail Rasumny Slukey

John Marston Superintendent (uncredited)

Charles Irwin Old Irishman (uncredited)

Clem Bevans Scissor Grinder

John Sheehan Keever (uncredited)

Jack Reitzen Man at Audition (uncredited)

Earle S. Dewey Mr. Collins (as Earle Dewey)

Pamela Blake Annie

Patricia Farr Ruby

Phil Tead Machinist (uncredited)

Julian Rivero Man with Monkey (uncredited)

Karin Booth Waitress (uncredited)

George Magrill Policeman (uncredited)

Dick Rush Lt. Clark (uncredited)

William Cabanne Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)

Lee Prather Gateman (uncredited)

Robert Winkler Jimmie (uncredited)

Charles McMurphy Detective (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham Policeman (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore Pullman Waiter (uncredited)

Betty Farrington Woman on Bridge (uncredited)

Harry Brown Superintendent (uncredited)

Sam Harris Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley Conductor (uncredited)

Oscar Smith Train Porter (uncredited)

Jack Baxley Innocent Dupe (uncredited)

George Anderson Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Gloria Williams Woman (uncredited)

Fred Walburn Walt - Newsboy (uncredited)

Lynda Grey Gates' Secretary

Crew (25 Members)

Orchestrator

Editor

Costume Design

Makeup Department Head

Director of Photography

Art Direction

Sound Recordist

Gordon Jennings

Special Effects

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Novel

Original Music Composer

Orchestrator

Stunts

Orchestrator

Songs

Screenplay

Additional Writing

Screenplay

Art Direction

William L. Pereira

Special Effects

George Templeton

Assistant Director

Richard Blumenthal

Associate Producer

Farciot Edouart

Special Effects

Costume Design

Sound Recordist

Walter Scharf Orchestrator

Archie Marshek Editor

Edith Head Costume Design

Wally Westmore Makeup Department Head

John F. Seitz Director of Photography

Hans Dreier Art Direction

John Cope Sound Recordist

Gordon Jennings Special Effects

Buddy G. DeSylva Executive Producer

Graham Greene Novel

David Buttolph Original Music Composer

Leo Shuken Orchestrator

Chuck Hamilton Stunts

George Parrish Orchestrator

Frank Loesser Songs

Albert Maltz Screenplay

Frank Tuttle Additional Writing

W.R. Burnett Screenplay

Robert Usher Art Direction

William L. Pereira Special Effects

George Templeton Assistant Director

Richard Blumenthal Associate Producer

Farciot Edouart Special Effects

Eugene Joseff Costume Design

Philip Wisdom Sound Recordist

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