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Where to Watch This Gun for Hire (1942) (Legally)

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

Apr 24, 1942 US 81 min

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Crime Thriller Mystery

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What to expect (spoiler-free)

Here’s what to expect from “ (1942), without spoilers.

Expect a Crime, Thriller, Mystery blend, with a runtime close to 81 minutes.

Cast highlights include Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar.

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Topics & keywords

police, hitman, propaganda, cat, paranoia, femme fatale, film noir, conspiracy, black and white, train, hired killer, police shootout

Official trailer

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Plot

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.