This Gun for Hire

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.

Main Cast

Veronica Lake

Ellen Graham

Age : 53 | Popularity : 14%

Alan Ladd

Philip Raven

Age : 50 | Popularity : 11%

Robert Preston

Det. Michael Crane

Age : 68 | Popularity : 10%

Laird Cregar

Willard Gates

Age : 31 | Popularity : 3%

Tully Marshall

Alvin Brewster

Age : 78 | Popularity : 5%

Marc Lawrence

Tommy

Age : 95 | Popularity : 7%

Olin Howland

Blair Fletcher

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Roger Imhof

Senator Burnett

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Archie Marshek
Sound	Orchestrator	Walter Scharf Leo Shuken George Parrish
	Sound Recordist	John Cope Philip Wisdom
	Original Music Composer	David Buttolph
	Songs	Frank Loesser Jacques Press
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
	Makeup Department Head	Wally Westmore
Camera	Director of Photography	John F. Seitz
	Still Photographer	Mal Bulloch
Art	Art Direction	Hans Dreier Robert Usher
	Production Design	Lynd Ward
Crew	Special Effects	Gordon Jennings William L. Pereira Farciot Edouart
	Additional Writing	Frank Tuttle
	Stunts	Jack Baxley
	Technical Advisor	Marian Chavez Jimmy Grippo Frank Herman
Production	Executive Producer	Buddy G. DeSylva
	Associate Producer	Richard Blumenthal
	Publicist	Teet Carle
Writing	Novel	Graham Greene
	Screenplay	Albert Maltz W.R. Burnett
Directing	Director	Frank Tuttle
	Assistant Director	George Templeton
Department	Role	Name

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