This Gun for Hire

6.9 | 1942-04-24 | Crime Thriller Mystery

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.

Featured Crew

David Buttolph	Original Music Composer
W.R. Burnett	Screenplay
Frank Tuttle	Director
Robert Usher	Art Direction
Archie Marshek	Editor
Wally Westmore	Makeup Department Head
Edith Head	Costume Design
Graham Greene	Novel
Albert Maltz	Screenplay
Buddy G. DeSylva	Executive Producer