This Gun for Hire

IMDb link: 0035432
IMDb rating: 7.3 (11,599 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Robert Preston, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Laird Cregar and others

Release date: 19 Sep 1942
Release year: 1942
Runtime: 81 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: world war two, police detective, hitman, female magician, framed for robbery, manhunt, childhood trauma, collaborating with the enemy, murder of a blackmailer, anti villain

Plot:

Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by traitor Willard Gates in "hot" money. Meanwhile, pert entertainer Ellen Graham, girlfriend of police Lieut. Crane (who's after Raven) is enlisted by a Senate committee to help investigate Gates. Raven, seeking Gates for revenge, meets Ellen on the train; their relationship gradually evolves from that of killer and potential victim to an uneasy alliance against a common enemy.

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