Changes: This Gun for Hire

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This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American crime drama film directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan Ladd. The film is based on the 1936 novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene.

Plot

Sadistic killer-for-hire Raven (Alan Ladd) becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates (Laird Cregar), Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen (Veronica Lake), on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant (Robert Preston) 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.

Cast

Veronica Lake as Ellen Graham
Robert Preston as Michael Crane
Laird Cregar as Willard Gates
Alan Ladd as Philip Raven
Tully Marshall as Alvin Brewster
Marc Lawrence as Tommy
Olin Howland as Blair Fletcher
Roger Imhof as Senator Burnett
Pamela Blake as Annie
Frank Ferguson as Albert Baker
Victor Kilian as Drew
Patricia Farr Ruby
Harry Shannon as Steve Finnerty
Charles C. Wilson as the Police Captain
Mikhail Rasumny as Slukey
Bernadene Hayes as Albert Baker's Secretary
Mary Davenport as Salesgirl
Chester Clute as Rooming House Manager
Charles Arnt as Male Dressmaker
Earle S. Dewey as Mr. Collins (as Earle Dewey)
Clem Bevans as Scissor Grinder
Lynda Grey as Gates' Secretary
Virita Campbell as Little Girl

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 [[Category:Paramount Pictures films]]
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