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.

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Cast

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  Alan Ladd
  Philip Raven

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  Veronica Lake
  Ellen Graham

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  Robert Preston
  Det. Michael Crane

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  Laird Cregar
  Willard Gates

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  Tully Marshall
  Alvin Brewster

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  Marc Lawrence
  Tommy

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  Olin Howland
  Blair Fletcher

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  Roger Imhof
  Senator Burnett

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  Pamela Blake
  Annie

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  Frank Ferguson
  Albert Baker

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  Victor Kilian
  Drew

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  Patricia Farr
  Ruby

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  Harry Shannon
  Steve Finnerty

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  Charles Cahill Wilson
  Police Captain

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  Mikhail Rasumny
  Slukey

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  Bernadene Hayes
  Albert Baker's Secretary

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  Mary Davenport
  Salesgirl

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  Chester Clute
  Rooming House Manager