This Gun for Hire

“A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!”

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.

Music

David Buttolph

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett

Novela

Graham Greene

Screenplay

Albert Maltz

Status

Released

Release date

24/04/1942

Original language

English

Budget

US$ 1 M

Box office

US$ 1 M