

This Gun for Hire
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- CC
- SDH
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- Drama
- 1 Hour 17 Minutes
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake star in This Gun for Hire, a hard-edged story of love, power and betrayal set in the seamy underworld of the 1940's. Raven (Ladd) is a cold-blooded professional killer who's been double-crossed by his client Willard Gates (Laird Cregar), owner of Nitro Chemical and a suspected traitor by the U.S. government. Ellen (Lake), a beautiful nightclub singer and working undercover is hired by Gates to sing at his club. A twist of events leads Raven and Ellen to join forces and before the case is wrapped up, someone will pay with his life.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake star in This Gun for Hire, a hard-edged story of love, power and betrayal set in the seamy underworld of the 1940's. Raven (Ladd) is a cold-blooded professional killer who's been double-crossed by his client Willard Gates (Laird Cregar), owner of Nitro Chemical and a suspected traitor by the U.S. government. Ellen (Lake), a beautiful nightclub singer and working undercover is hired by Gates to sing at his club. A twist of events leads Raven and Ellen to join forces and before the case is wrapped up, someone will pay with his life.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Frank Tuttle
- Screenwriter
- Albert Maltz
- W. R. Burnett
Information
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 1942 Paramount Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo)
- Additional
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French (Stereo)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- SDH
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) refer to subtitles in the original language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.